"Fingering?"

The Holy Emperor waved his hand: "It's okay, do as you say." ”

As he spoke, the Holy Emperor got up, and the hero's mound under him disappeared, and the previous throne appeared instead.

And the clothes on his body also changed for a while, turning back to his original regular clothes.

Seeing this, the hundred officials also breathed a sigh of relief.

And then we started talking.

"Although it is such a rankless official position, how can it be held by a lowly position?"

"Yes! According to me, in fact, Lin Ke Gongzi is still young, not sensible, and can't grasp it, so it's better to let me come. ”

"It's impossible to give him a honorable title, right? If you are not a family or the road of the imperial examination, how can you get this honorable status? ”

"Although he can read poetry, he has not yet taken the children's exam."

Hundreds of officials and ministers exchanged heads and ears, whether they were Lin Xuanji's people or not, they were all discussing a problem.

Don't waste the ceremony!

Although Lin Ke broke common sense and became that kind of special official, this has become an established fact.

Now that it has been decided, the hundred officials will not anger the Holy Emperor, but are considering a solution.

If Lin Ke wants to be an official, he must have a respectful status, at least an equal status.

What needs to be solved now is the matter of what Ding Lin Ke is from.

"I think it's a respectable personage, Confucian." Qi Tianxia was the first to speak: "Lin Ke's talent is well known. ”

Qi Tianxia, as the secretary of the military department, is one of the most powerful people in the world.

Behind him, there are not only his own henchmen and protégés, but also all kinds of strong people in the army.

All kinds of generals, marshals, commanders, etc., are all under his command, and he can be said to be a very powerful minister.

As soon as he opened his mouth, like Lin Xuanji, there was a hammer effect.

Unless, Lin Xuanji also spoke.

"Equal, miscellaneous." Lin Xuanji has experienced so much, but he is still unwavering, as if it was not him who was scolded by Yingling before: "What Lin Ke has learned is exactly this miscellaneous book." ”

First-class physiognomy masters, second-rate craftsmen, third-rate martial artists, fourth-rate merchants, fifth-rate doctors and sixth-rate soldiers, and the rest are miscellaneous.

Third-rate, respect for the people.

Middle Sixth Rate, Civilian.

Lower ninth, untouchable.

Qi Tianxia believes that Lin Ke should be the most noble Confucian person in the world.

Lin Xuanji believes that Lin Ke should be an ordinary miscellaneous person.

So, the leaders on both sides spoke, and the younger brothers naturally began to argue.

After all, the Holy Emperor at this time is not the "Hero Tomb Holy Emperor", but the "Ordinary Form Holy Emperor".

In this form, the Holy Emperor would not forbid them to communicate with each other.

"Taoism and Buddhism are not bad." The Taoist Buddha Department Shangshu smiled and said: "Lin Ke is the son of the Tao and the Buddha, just like both." ”

"It's okay to be a soldier, I just entered the army, and it's the same as this old thing in the world." The Shangshu of the Criminal Department spoke indifferently.

"Confucianism."

"Warriors are also available."

Everyone communicated, and this time they were much less angry with each other, perhaps because of the previous actions of the Holy Emperor and the scolding of the heroic spirits, which made them lose a little temper.

However, the Holy Emperor ignored them.

Instead, he looked at Taishi: "Taishi, Xuan." ”

Taishi nodded, faced all the officials, and said, "The second discussion, harshness." ”

The words of the master made all the officials silent.

Even Lin Xuanji and Qi Tianxia lost their voices for a while.

"Cruel?!"

"Change the etiquette system?!"

It turns out that the Holy Emperor has laid so much groundwork, and it is actually to change the ritual system?!

The biggest trade-off between imperial power and scholars is courtesy!

Etiquette is the order that binds people.

If everyone yearns for the way of Lao Zhuang, then the world will be full of selfishness and destruction.

You yearn for mountains and forests, and occupy a mountain.

He wants to be fluttering and walk the world.

And then there are more and more people, more and more.

If there is no one to farm, what do you eat?

If no one builds a house, what do you live in?

No one is acting, what do you watch?

What Confucius wanted was the Zhou rites hundreds of years ago, and what Lao Tzu wanted was the primitive society thousands of years ago.

Society is stagnant and developing, there is no new, there is no new technology, what I grab is mine, there are no constraints and laws, and the vegetables you grow are also mine.

I'm that extreme freedom.

This kind is not realistic.

However, push back a few hundred years and use the Legalist to govern the country?

Impersonal.

Some of the vendors struggled to survive, but were punished by various laws.

There are people who have not committed a crime, but who have done something unconscionable, and the law cannot punish them.

This is the Dharma.

The core of Confucius's rites is not etiquette or law, but benevolence.

The gift of no kindness is also for the sake of harshness.

Xunzi finally discovered this, so he advocated the combination of etiquette and law.

Make a detailed law, what can and cannot be done.

At the same time, human behavior is also constrained by courtesy.

Constraint is not restraint or control.

A car overturned, and the watermelons in it rolled down and tumbled to the ground.

Taoists tell everyone that there is no need to be constrained, do whatever you want, and be free.

Legalists tell everyone that if the law is stipulated, they can't move it, but if there are loopholes in the law, or there is a gray area, then they can take these watermelons.

And the law, after all, cannot stipulate everything.

So, the rite was born.

Etiquette is a person's restraint on oneself.

It is the restraint of morality on oneself.

When you encounter a cart of watermelons rolling down, you can choose to ignore it, or you can choose to help, help the owner of the watermelon, pick up the watermelon and return it to the owner of the watermelon.

If someone else's wallet is dropped on the ground, you can choose to "be like an animal in the mountains and forests, feel like a gift from nature when you see something", and then pick up the wallet as your own.

You can also see if the law has a law that "prohibits taking the wallet on the ground", if not, pick it up and leave, if you are caught, say "I thought it was lost by someone else, but how do I know that someone else dropped it".

Of course, you can also use etiquette to restrain yourself.

The law doesn't prohibit it, but my morals forbid me to do such things.

I won't take it as I want, and I won't do it without prohibition.

This is the restraint of etiquette.

Between absolute freedom and absolute bondage, I chose relative restraint and relative freedom.

Therefore, having the gift of benevolence is the best solution after the contention of a hundred schools of thought.

The scholarly class agrees with this.

This is also a point that they often practice in the way of officials.

As a courtier, I can be honest and do things in accordance with the rules.

However, with the restraint of courtesy, I have become more demanding of myself, and I want to do things for the people with all my heart.

That's what rites do.

Scholars and doctors emphasize reciprocity.

The emperor can naturally override everything, but the kind of scholars who kill their courtiers at will naturally don't need to be respected.

This is also a right and obligation in a sense.

Therefore, when the Holy Emperor said that he wanted to change the rites at this time, it was equivalent to saying that he wanted to change the hearts of the people of the world.

For example, people in the world now think that Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are noble.

If the Holy Emperor changes the "rites", Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism may become inferior.

The most important thing is that now, the Holy Emperor calls this kind of "rite" a harsh ceremony! (End of chapter)