Chapter 60: Liu Ji on Filial Piety
"Actually, if you add a few people in, you don't have to invite someone out, what do you think?"
Liu Bang looked at them: "Such a big temple of literature, suffering from all the incense in the world, Sage Kong is afraid that he can't stand it alone." ”
"From ancient times to the present, even the three emperors and five emperors are not as good as his old man's treatment...... If this matter was known to his old man, he must have been ashamed of himself, and he would go out a little bit, Sage Kong is a saint after all, and he will definitely not dwell on these details. ”
Originally, everyone who had already prepared that the emperor would shoot at Min Zi, at this time, seeing that the emperor's words seemed to have room for maneuver, their attention was shifted from several new members of the Confucian Temple to this node.
Zhang Liang is Zhang Liang, Xiao He is Xiao He, Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang, but what does Han Xin mean?
Not to mention that the Marquis of Huaiyin is more pure than the other three martial arts, just say that in the three things of virtue, meritorious service, and speech, in addition to meritorious service, he has no other achievements, and there are glorious deeds of rebellion before his death, which is completely contrary to the purpose of our Confucian heaven and earth monarch and teacher, and the monarch is a minister, and the emperor invited him to enter the temple, which is clearly in Hulai.
Come on, come here, anyway, justice is in the hearts of the people, even if Han Xin enters the temple, no one will worship him at that time, and after a long time, this matter will naturally be solved.
After all, no matter how powerful the Zhao official family is, no matter how long the Great Song Kingdom is, can it be more powerful and live longer than Confucianism?
Everyone is just silent, almost all of them here are people who have read books, so naturally it is not so easy to get into the emperor's trap, anyway, just don't talk around, so as not to leave a handle for this person to play.
It's just that they don't want to talk, Liu Bang can't just forget it, there is actually a problem that needs to be treated in Suzhou and Bozhou.
During the Renzong Dynasty, the Song Dynasty named the descendants of Confucius as 'Yan Shenggong', and the title was hereditary, and the generations were endless.
During the Jingkang period, the Jurchens went south, and the first Yan Shenggong Kong Duanyou crossed the river with the emperor in the south, and when Liu Yu Jianqi, he named Kong Duanyou's nephew as Yan Shenggong to show orthodoxy. Since then, Yan Shenggong has the saying of the Southern Sect and the Northern Sect, although they are both surnamed Kong, but the southerners respect the Southern Sect, and the northerners respect the Northern Sect.
In particular, these two places are close to Qufu, and the people of Jin also set up the brand of Yan Shenggong after entering the Central Plains, and the people in Suzhou and Bozhou are mainly from Beizun.
In other words, it is orthodox to take the Confucian name of Jin Guoguo.
This matter is not big or small, since it has come to this point today, it should be ended together, so he took two sips of tea gently, and Liu Bang continued:
"Where are the descendants of Minzi?"
Seeing that he finally mentioned Min Zi, although the patriarch of the Min clan was a little scared, he finally stood up:
"The official family, the small people are."
"Well," Liu Bang nodded, "Since you are a descendant of Min Zi, then I will ask you a question, and you have to answer it well." ”
The patriarch of the Min family kept saying: "The little people know everything. ”
"Confucius used poetry, calligraphy, rituals, rituals, and teachings to cover 3,000 disciples, 72 of whom were proficient in the six arts, and 10 who were transcendent in virtue...... As one of the ten philosophers, what does Min Zi rely on? ”
If someone else asked this question, the people of the Min clan might just carry a hoe and go to work hard, but it was the emperor who asked about it.
As an emperor, it was impossible for him not to understand the answer to this question, which was obviously a knowingly asked question.
But he still asked, and the taste of provocation could be seen by anyone who was not blind.
The Min family patriarch was so excited that his body began to tremble slightly, and his whole face changed color in an instant...... Although the Min family is not as good as the Kong family, on the banks of this vortex river, which one is not highly respected?
Whether it is Sima Guang or Su Dongpo, as long as he is a scholar and arrives in Suzhou, who is not allowed to come to this Min Zi Temple to put on a stick of incense? Even if the Jin people came, they treated their Min family politely, and they were not rude.
Anyway, in the memory of the Min family, or in the memory of all Suzhou people, the Zhao official family of the Great Song Dynasty was really the first one who despised Min Zi so much in Suzhou.
But people are under the roof, after all, they are emperors, and they are also the emperors of the Han people, he can be rude, but he must maintain his understanding, and he must not tarnish the reputation of his ancestors, the Min patriarch finally spoke:
"The official family has also said that the ten philosophers of Confucius are all virtuous and transcendent people, and so is Min Zi, and the Confucian sage once said: "Filial piety, Min Ziqian! People are not inferior to the words of their parents. ’”
"The virtue of Min Zi has always been called the same as Yanzi; is thin on fame and fortune, and refuses to be an official; And his words and deeds are serious, and the son said, 'Mrs. does not speak, and her words must be in the middle', and all kinds of things here are relied on. ”
"Well said!" Liu Bang slapped his face, "Min Ziqian is famous for his filial piety, his descendants, have you ever learned from it?" ”
The Min clan was shocked: "The Min clan has always been based on the ancestors as the criterion, and everything is based on 'filial piety' as the first, and everyone in a radius of 100 miles knows it. ”
It's no wonder that this person is suddenly so excited, after all, the Min family can become a wealthy family in Suzhou, and it has endured for thousands of years, relying on the name of their ancestors.
If today's emperor denies the Min family with a word, then there is no need for others to do it at all, and the Suzhou Min family will no longer have a place to stand, and it will collapse in an instant.
"You think I'm slandering you, don't you?"
The patriarch of the Min clan was silent, but his expression acquiesced to the emperor's words...... Compared with disrespecting the emperor, the reputation of the Min family is naturally more important.
Liu Bang was not annoyed, stood up, looked at the old man in front of him and said:
"How many times have the Min clan been to Qufu to worship Kong?"
As soon as the emperor's question came out, the people of the Min clan reacted faster, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
It turned out that his words were here.
After all, the Min patriarch was old, and his reaction was not as good as that of the young man, so he subconsciously replied:
"I have to go every year, whether it is the year of the catastrophe or the rebellion of the soldiers, it has never been interrupted for thousands of years."
"But," Liu Bang frowned, "Isn't the descendant of the Holy Duke of Yan already gone to Quzhou, why did you go to Qufu to worship Kong?" ”
"Hey, do you think that the grandson of the Kong family is not worthy of being the orthodoxy of the Kong family? There is no elder or younger, this is where the filial piety of your Min family lies? ”
"Or, do you think that the Yan Shenggong sealed by the Jin people is more correct than the Song people?"
"Min family, what do you say?"
He looked surprised, and even blocked his mouth with his hand, Patriarch Min's face was red and white, and he was unconvinced, it was clear that the emperor himself didn't want the north of the country, and the people who returned to the north of the two Huai checked it tightly, how could the line of Yan Shenggong be divided into the Southern Sect and the Northern Sect!
At this time, he was like a person with nothing to do, Patriarch Min thought about it again and again, and finally spoke:
"Official, you heard it wrong, since Jianyan crossed to the south, the Min family has never been to Qufu, after all, Yan Shenggong has returned to the south, the mountains and rivers are far away, even if we have the heart, we are indeed powerless."
He is not afraid to say that he is a bully, after all, he is old...... Being old means that you have the qualifications to be cheated.
But he didn't expect that the person in front of him would be even more laid-back, and he saw the emperor frowning:
"In this way, the descendants of the Min family...... How is it worthy of talking about filial piety?! ”
He raised his voice suddenly, not to mention that he frightened the Min patriarch, even Taiwei Zhang, who was sleepy behind him, was also taken aback, I don't know what illness Zhao Guanjia suddenly committed again, anyway, his sleepiness disappeared in an instant.
"Since you can't talk about filial piety, then you have lost your virtue."
"Since virtue is lost, how can you deserve to enjoy the Temple of Literature!"
Liu Bang said the two words loudly, and the people around him heard it clearly, and when the Min patriarch heard it, he only felt that the sky was spinning, and he felt that the sky seemed to be falling.
Patriarch Min barely squeezed out a laugh, but everyone saw that he smiled a little reluctantly, and saw him make several gestures towards the emperor:
"The official family has taught a lesson, but after all, this is the unfilial piety of the descendants, and it has nothing to do with the ancestors, Min Zi's filial piety has been passed down through the ages, and naturally his virtue will not be damaged because of his unfilial descendants."
The Emperor shook his head and rejected his claim:
"My father gave birth to me, my mother bowed to me, she kept me, she raised me, she cared for me, she took care of me, and she went in and out of me. If you want to repay the virtue, Haotian is reckless. ”
"Filial piety is naturally a son from his parents, but where does filial piety come from? Naturally, it is the grace of parents to give birth to and nurture them. ”
"There is no birth, and the broken finger can be reported; There are life and nourishment, and the severed head can be reported; There is no birth, there is no retribution, there is no birth, it is difficult to repay for a hundred generations, and the filial piety you say must first be for the father and mother, and the responsibility of the father and mother is achieved. ”
"And the people of the Min clan are not filial, is it because the elders of the Min clan have not fulfilled their responsibilities as elders?"
Patriarch Min immediately denied: "Naturally not." ”
"Since it's not, then it won't be unfilial! Since you are not filial, it is your old man's dereliction of responsibility! Tracing back to the source is the responsibility of your ancestors! ”
He had already made a decision, but he just made up the scene:
"Min Ziqian entered the Temple of Literature with filial piety, and now that he has lost his filial piety, he should be invited out of the Temple of Literature!"
"Who is in favor of this and who is against?"
"Officials can't, officials can't!"
Min Zichang's face has become the color of pork liver, and it doesn't look very good.
If the emperor insists on asking Min Zi out of the temple, then his family can still have an explanation, and he can still struggle.
But now he is blaming the descendants of the Min family! It is equivalent to saying that Min Zi was disqualified as a saint because of the descendants of the Min family, if this matter is decided, let alone Suzhou, there is no place for their family in the world!
If you think about it a little more, I'm afraid that even this surname will become a disaster for them.
"Hey, why are you talking about this, it's not to blame me, the main thing is that your own performance is not good, if you want to blame, you still have to blame yourself."
"If you sacrifice the wrong person, you will discredit your ancestors, even if he is a saint, he will also be smeared, this truth, everyone must remember."
"I'm not busy with this matter, I'll do it now, wait for me to write to Yan Shenggong first, ask him to sort out a charter over there, and look at the ten philosophies of Confucius...... Or the name of the disciple of Sage Confucius, should you also change it, after all, if you smear Min Zi, it is equivalent to smearing Sage Confucius. ”
As he spoke, he turned around and looked over, the incense of the Min Zi Temple, at this time the big red curtain on the beam of the house was very conspicuous, I think about it, it should have been hung up during the New Year, and it has not been taken off yet.
"When the time comes, this place will be changed to Zhang Liang's ancestral hall."
His last sentence seemed to be talking to himself, but the words in front of him were clearly for everyone to hear.
Emperor...... Or give it a chance.
Patriarch Min had already collapsed to the ground, and after he heard that he was going to change the Min Zi Temple to Zhang Zi Temple, he finally lost his mind, and as soon as he fell to the side, he was about to hit his head on the foot of the table where the tea bowl was placed in Zhao Guan's house.
Fortunately, Taiwei Zhang reacted quickly and left a footprint on his body, which prevented him from knocking over the official's tea bowl.
There were several people in the Min clan, all ages, and they grabbed the old patriarch, one who looked like he was in his forties, and said a few words in the ear of the Min patriarch, and the old man gradually quieted down.
He looked at the emperor with some suspicion, the latter was still looking at the Min Zi Temple behind him in a daze, and finally, the old man sighed, and led the Min family to the emperor and said:
"Xiaomin understood."
"It's good to understand, let's go if you understand, I still have to stay for a few days, but there is time."
When the Min family went lonely, the emperor originally called everyone to come, just to inform them of a decision, and by the way, let them see the fate of the Min family, so Liu Bang just said:
"If there are any other things about the descendants of the overlord and the pawns of profiteers, let's talk about it later."
Those who were named were worried, but many people who were not named were even more worried.
Because no one knows if it has been remembered by the emperor, even the ancestors of the Min family said that it would be banned...... No matter how big your ancestors are, can they still be as big as the ten philosophers of Confucius?
They clearly saw that the Min patriarch pulled the eunuch beside the emperor to the side, but no matter how they asked, the people of the Min family kept their mouths tight and did not disclose any news...... For a while, although he didn't say anything on his face, he remembered most of it.
Liu Bang looked at their respective actions, and his heart was a little soothed, and he said to Zhang Jun:
"Let Xin Ciying out, it's over."
Taiwei Zhang took the order, and after a while, the housekeeper looked like a dead wife and arrived in front of the emperor.
"You know, you're doing it ......"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Bang interrupted him:
"Who is in the Martial Temple?"
The old man was stunned for a moment, thinking that the emperor wanted to make a fuss about the martial temple again?
Beforehand, the emperor said that he would use the people in the Temple of Literature to play tricks, and he was the first to stand up against it...... Although he was locked up, his attitude was finally put out.
But the words of this martial temple ...... If you can share the attention of the official family in the Temple of Literature, it is naturally excellent.
So he quickly reacted, changed his face, and said very affectionately:
"Who does the official want to invite out?"
"You just read it, and I don't know Lao Tzu will ask you."
The living room man said yes again and again, and then cleared his throat, and then said:
"Taigongwang, the main worshipper of the Wumiao, and Zhang Zifang, the deputy worshipper, also have ten philosophers, which are ......"
He talked eloquently, and after a short time, he recited all the famous generals of all generations in the martial arts temple.
(End of chapter)