The way of heaven is constant, not for Yaoxing, not for ruin.

Wang Xin's reply did not dispel those people's thoughts, and even after Dong Zhongshu wrote the book, many officials who accepted this concept of heaven and man induction also followed the book.

Many of the reasons for this are due to the miraculous displays of the royal family throughout the ages. Although the imperial court openly denied it, no, the royal family openly denied these miraculous things, but many officials and people were convinced of them.

Therefore, after seeing Dong Zhongshu's theory, so many people will agree with it.

After Wang Xin approved the recital, he did not pay attention to these things anymore. But what he didn't expect was that there would be so many people who supported the concept of celestial induction.

Maybe all this is the aftermath caused by his Wang clan's use of the Heavenly Mandate Artifact.

After learning that this matter had become a political storm, Wang Xin immediately summoned the prime ministers and the three princes and generals to come.

Seeing everyone coming, Wang Xin directly asked Prime Minister Zuo: "The Prime Minister is credible in the sense of heaven and man, the theory of five virtues?" ”

Prime Minister Zuo: "Your Majesty, the unity of heaven and man, the alternation of the five virtues is very helpful to the ruling authority of the dynasty and the way of the Son of Heaven, since it is conducive to rule, what does it matter whether you believe it or not?" ”

Although Zuo Xiang didn't say it explicitly, he didn't believe it at all, but although he didn't believe it, he wanted other people in the world to believe it. I want to rely on this kind of heaven and man induction, and the five virtues alternate these things that the gods and gods talk about to rule the people of the world.

Wang Xin didn't speak, but looked at the general Huo Quai.

"What does the General think?"

"The minister doesn't understand what heaven and man induce, what five virtues alternate, the holy son of heaven governs the country, and is elected as a virtuous and virtuous person, just like the commander of an army, he must be able to reward and punish clearly, those who can go up, and those who can't go down, not some gods and ghosts, vain words!" Huo Quzhi said.

He never believed in those gods and ghosts, and the emphasis on the battlefield was courage and strategy.

"I heard that many people said that the commander of the army kills, the commander has the appearance of a white tiger, and there are stars shining, so it is better for the minister to go on an expedition next time and bring these people with him, don't they say that there are stars shining, and the appearance of a white tiger? Just pointed out, the minister is good to go and kill the boss directly, and there is no need to look around! ”

Wang Xin laughed when he heard this, and several ministers around him who supported the theory of heaven and man induction were also embarrassed, what did they say? Will the court let them fight with them when they go to war in the future? Let them go to the enemy commander for what to do? It's okay if you find it, but what if you can't find it?

Besides, on the battlefield, the soldiers are in danger, maybe they will die if they are not careful, what should they do with their old arms and legs?

Wang Xin asked the general to retreat, and then asked the remaining people: "If according to the theory of heaven and man's induction, the imperial court is prosperous, then the wind and rain are smooth, and there is auspiciousness to come to the world, then if there is a flood and earthquake in the great Qian, how to explain it?" Is it the loss of morality, or the loss of morality of the ministers? ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the ministers in the hall changed, can you say this casually? Say that the Son of Heaven is immoral, you want to die, say that the minister is immoral, who is the minister who is qualified to be immoral? Naturally, it is the highly respected Sangong, that is, themselves.

As the three dukes, in addition to the affairs of the world, they naturally know very well that every year there are more or less natural disasters in the states and counties of the world, but most of them are not large in scale and have a small impact, and the states and counties can handle them, but if these are linked to the induction of heaven and man, the Son of Heaven will not make mistakes, and they are the ones who make mistakes and lose morality.

Originally, many people promoted this celestial induction, the five virtues alternated, and the mind was not pure, and the imperial court was too affectionate towards officials and heroes.

So I wanted to use the doctrine of celestial and human induction, and wanted to limit it. And the royal family happens to have a lot of miracles, and this celestial induction is also good for them, but I didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor wouldn't eat them at all.

If the imperial court had accepted this doctrine, they would have been able to advise the emperor with all kinds of natural disasters. The emperor's immorality caused disasters from heaven. How did the emperor lose his morality? Naturally, he did something wrong and lost his morality.

So what's wrong? Isn't that what these officials say? It can be a traitorous villain, it can be a tyrannical extortion, it can be tyrannical, it can be a bewitching disaster, or it can be a reckless sword. In short, anything that is beneficial to them will become an excuse for them.

If you listen to their 'advice', you are the king of sage, and if you don't listen to their 'advice', you are the king of the sage.

After Wang Xin saw the song, he didn't find it at first, but simply according to the tradition left by the ancestors, he didn't want to engage in any divine authority of the monarchy, gods and ghosts.

After all, they know very well that these things are fake, and only the ancestor is real, and they will only agree if their brains are pumped.

But then the matter got bigger and bigger, and Wang Xin saw the mystery. This celestial and human induction and the alternation of the five virtues are not to give them the consolidation of what the mandate of heaven belongs to, what imperial power is sacred, but to limit the power of the imperial power and expand their power.

Wang Xin said everything, who would dare to oppose these left and right prime ministers, and the high-ranking officials of the three dukes? Don't you see the general next to you eager to try? It's not like this to die.

After making sure that there was no objection, Wang Xin issued an edict again, directly abandoning the doctrine of heaven and man induction and the alternation of the five virtues. and directly ordered the school palace to prohibit the spread of this vein doctrine.

This action caused a lot of turmoil, after all, the school palace has not completely banned a doctrine, even if it is refined and self-interested, the anarchic Yang Zhu doctrine has not been banned, and the Confucian doctrine of celestial and human induction has become the first to be banned.

With the issuance of the ban, there was an uproar in the school palace, and many scholars called for friends, wanting to gather everyone's strength and persuade the court not to ban the doctrine.

According to them, the imperial court can ban the Confucian doctrine of celestial and human induction today, and in the future it will be able to ban any doctrine that does not conform to their wishes. This is a restriction on the development of the school palace, and it is also a trampling on the concept of the school palace.

Of course, there are also many people who agree with the practice of the imperial court, and the largest number of them are Legalist scholars, who don't care what kind of heaven and man are inducted. If we all advocate the induction of heaven and man, will the law become a dead letter?

This is to pout the roots of the Legalists, and the various schools of the Legalists immediately united to suppress them, and vowed not to give up until they killed him.

The impact of this incident is very large, and the school palace is a place for the imperial court to train future officials, so naturally it cannot be left alone. The dispute between the two sides is inextricable, and even the scene of all-military action has begun to be staged.

At this time, Confucianism was still full of martial virtues, but Legalism was even more superior in martial virtues, after all, many Legalists and scholars would also cultivate soldiers, and after the fight, Confucianism was still pressed and beaten by Legalists.

Seeing that the situation had reached this point, Wang Xin issued an edict and asked the two parties to have a debate in the school palace to end this wave of farce.

(End of chapter)