Chu Zhen's words left Li Qingzhao, Lin Daiyu, Li Shimin, and even Zhu Yuanzhang speechless for a while.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang only issued an imperial edict that "the Spring and Autumn Annals of Confucius Temple will stop in Qufu, and there is no need to worship them all over the world." However, he was opposed by scholars all over the world and had to cancel it.
As a last resort, Zhu Yuanzhang only invited Mencius out of the Confucian Temple, but still granted Confucius' fifty-sixth grandson Kong Xixue the title of Holy Duke Yan, and granted him the position of magistrate of Qufu, just like the previous generation.
But now, Chu Zhen wants to move the tablet of the most holy master out of the Confucius Temple and clean it with water from the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers...
"You kid did it more cruelly than me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang commented like this.
Li Qingzhao's soft red lips moved, but he didn't know what to say.
Many scholars in the world respect Confucius and regard him as a teacher for all generations. In the Tang Dynasty, Confucius was posthumously named King Wenxuan and Duke Wenxuan.
As far as she knew, all the literati and officials knew the teachings of Confucius by heart.
Why does Chu Langjun... Yes, Chu Langjun doesn't read the Four Books and Five Classics.
Li Qingzhao looked at the bookshelves and understood something in his heart.
"Why did I say knock down the Confucius Temple?"
Chu Zhen looked at Lin Daiyu and said, "Someone here wrote a couplet. You can listen to it."
Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang looked at each other together.
"Hmm, this is what the couplet looks like."
Chu Zhen cleared his throat and read:
"Yesterday we surrendered to the Meng Yuan Dynasty, and now we have surrendered to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. How can we be so righteous? Only then can we understand: It is good to encourage people to have more happiness in their homes."
"Where is my Daming?!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to disagree with this couplet.
When he sent a large army to Qufu, Yin Kongxizhang of Qufu County of the Kong Xi School surrendered to him. How come the couplets written by later generations did not include his Ming Dynasty? Instead, there was an extra Manchu.
"Where's Dashun Chao?"
Lin Daiyu also raised questions.
The two Lis didn't speak.
Li Qingzhao did not know about the Mongolian Yuan and Manchu Qing Dynasties, but the Northern Dynasty followed the Tang Dynasty's honorific title for Confucius as King Wenxuan, and the Western Xia emperor also respected Confucius.
"The Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Meng Yuan Dynasty are the same. As for Miss Lin's Dashun Dynasty, I don't know much about it." Chu Zhen explained.
"I see."
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood the irony in the couplet and couldn't help laughing.
Chu Zhen continued:
"The second couplet is, Confucius said Cheng Ren and Mencius said Qi Yi. I have forgotten them all. I only remember: Those who understand current affairs are heroes."
"Hengbiao: Shixiu surrenders!"
After Chu Zhen finished speaking, Li Shimin looked strange.
With so many couplets written in the past, he didn't have any thoughts, and he didn't know which dynasty the Yuan and the Qing were, but the horizontal criticism of "Shixiu surrendered to the outside world" really humiliated the descendants of Confucius.
"The Jin people came to kneel for gold, and the Mongols came to kneel for Yuan Dynasty. In modern times, they also invited the portraits of King Edward of England and Kaiser William into the Confucius Mansion with loud gongs, drums, and firecrackers."
Chu Zhen's tone was calm, but the irony in his words was extremely strong.
"Who is the King of England and the Kaiser? Is it also Yuanmeng?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked immediately.
"Similar to Tubo and Tuyuhun, it is over the Qin Dynasty in the Western Regions."
Chu Zhen said.
"The Kong family surrendered to Yi Di again."
Li Qingzhao said this.
Li Shimin, who also has the surname Li, has a wonderful expression.
He didn't dare to speak at the moment.
Because it’s too long to talk about.
To put it simply, his grandfather Li Hu, his grandmother Dugu's father Dugu Xin, and even Yang Guang's grandfather Yang Zhong were all subordinates of Emperor Wen of the Zhou Dynasty Yu Wentai, known as the Eight Pillars State and the Twelve Generals.
His grandmother is from Xianbei, but her mother is Han.
Since the turbulent times of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the world has been in chaos. Dynasties have risen and fallen quickly like duckweeds in the water. The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, Qiang, etc. have entered the Central Plains one after another. After the Sui Dynasty, it is no longer possible to distinguish between the Xianbei and the Han.
For example, his wife Guanyinnu is also from the Xianbei ethnic group, but she lost her father when she was eight years old and was raised by her uncle Gao Shilian. To this day, she only remembers a few sentences of Xianbei dialect, but she is better at writing poems and articles than him.
Of course, his father Li Yuan, grandfather Li Hu and other ancestors are all Han Chinese.
He thinks he is not a Yi Di!
"Students once launched a movement and shouted a slogan: 'Down with the Confucius store and save Confucius'."
Chu Zhen sighed softly, "Nowadays, people basically don't distinguish between Confucianism, Confucianism, and Confucianism, because not many people specialize in studying Confucius' knowledge. At most, they can only say one sentence: 'Learn and practice from time to time, isn't it true?' There is a friend from far away. Come, wouldn’t you like it?'"
Not only Li Qingzhao and Lin Daiyu, but also Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shimin laughed.
These were the words of Saint Kong that they were very familiar with, but when they read them in Chu Zhen, they always felt very inconsistent.
Chu Langjun, Uncle Chu, Mr. Chu, Master Chu, he doesn’t study the Analects at all!
Li Qingming understood.
The people Chu Langjun wanted to overthrow were the corrupt Confucian scholars headed by the Confucius Mansion in Qufu. They were very sympathetic to Confucius' knowledge, so he said he would rescue Confucius.
Just like before, Chu Langjun criticized footbinding as corrupt Confucianism distorting aesthetics.
Lin Daiyu also heard that Uncle Chu said that the Confucian family had surrendered the King of England and the Emperor of Germany. The implication was that the land of China had suffered another disaster, such as the Jin invaders entering Shanhaiguan in the late Ming Dynasty.
Although she has never experienced it, she has heard a lot about Duke Ning Rong's deeds from her mother Jia Min. After several battles, the Jin invaders were driven out of the pass.
She couldn't help but look out the window. Fortunately, there didn't seem to be any war outside, and the country was peaceful and the people were safe.
"Let's not talk about Confucius, let's talk about Xue Ju."
Chu Zhenxiao asked Li Shimin: "When did he die?"
If you want to free people from the ideological shackles of feudal ethics, you need to use new ideas as weapons. Chu Zhen admits that he does not have that ability. The tablets of the most holy masters are still safe and sound in Mingshun of the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't even offend Sage Kong!
"Xue Ju died on the 19th day of August."
Li Shimin said: "Xue Rengao kept his mourning secret in order to stabilize the morale of the army, but the news still spread after a few days."
"What if Xue Ju doesn't die?"
"He can only continue to confront me while he is alive. There are still a large number of soldiers in the army who are sick, so he can only withdraw. However, if Xue Ju is alive, I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat Longxi in one battle like now."
"Luck is also part of strength."
Chu Zhen smiled and said: "Where are you drinking and celebrating now? Zhecheng City?"
"We were in Zhe'an five days ago. We just arrived at Jincheng County today. Xue Ju proclaimed himself emperor here."
"Jincheng?"
Just when Chu Zhen was about to find out where Jincheng was, the talented lady Li laughed and said: "Jincheng is Lanzhou. The name was changed in the second year of Wude and was used until the Song Dynasty. During this period, it was only briefly changed back for more than ten years."
Chu Zhen glanced at her, checked it out, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's Lanzhou. Miss Li, your memory is faster than a computer."
"Are Chu Langjun praising the Nu family?"
"Of course, in our case...you have also seen that computers can do so many things."
"oh!"
Li Qingzhao was flattered. She recalled the scene where the "computer" showed a map of the world.
"A draw with Longxi, a great victory indeed!"
Chu Zhen said with a smile to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin was about to be more modest when Zhu Yuanzhang, who was opposite him, suddenly asked: "You mentioned earlier that Prince Li Jiancheng once told people that he sent someone to draw the map that Chu Zhen gave you?"
A basin of cold water was poured down.
Li Shimin nodded slightly after a while and said, "I sent the map to the Prince's Mansion. After that, when I was in the army, no matter who mentioned it, they said the map was drawn by the Prince."
The scene suddenly became quiet.
Chu Zhen glanced at Li Qingzhao and Sister Lin. They both sensed something was wrong and communicated with him with their eyes.
"hey-hey."
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "If the King of Qin cannot see through this matter, I advise you not to lead troops in the future, lest you continue to cry out for injustice when you are dragged to a downtown beheading."
Chu Zhen knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was warning Li Shimin as an emperor.
If you can't figure out why, don't lead troops to fight again, otherwise you will die a violent death in the future.
It is true that Li Shimin is Li Yuan's second son, but he is not Tang Taizong yet.
"Mr. Chu!"
Li Shimin stood up, bowed to Chu Zhen, and said apologetically: "Everyone is talking about gold, but I can't say that the map was a gift from Mr. Chu. Please forgive me."
"fine."
Chu Zhen laughed it off.
Li Shimin saluted Zhu Yuanzhang again, "Thank you Emperor Hongwu for the reminder."
Zhu Yuanzhang also just smiled, knowing that Li Shimin had already understood it, otherwise he would not have specifically mentioned the map.
He alerted Li Shimin mainly to ask Tang Taizong to salute him.
He felt really comfortable at the moment!
Li Shimin sat down again, his expression much silent.
Chu Zhen suddenly remembered something and asked him, "Has Liu Wenjing returned to Chang'an?"
The three people who had read the old and new Tang books all came over.
Liu Wenjing is very famous and important.
