In early April, an earthquake in the capital was as loud as thunder, killing more than 20 people and injuring thousands of people.
alright.
The long-simmering anger of the officials completely exploded.
We objected to a whipping law, and the emperor enforced it.
We opposed the national policy, and the emperor became angry and forced us to implement it.
We opposed the sale of farmland by merchants, but the emperor had already implemented it without passing through us.
The emperor can no longer be allowed to behave like this. It is time to stand up.
For the land we lost, for the interests we were cut off from, for the happiness of our generation and future generations!
Officials, don't be silent anymore, unite, let us oppose Jianwen's New Deal, oppose the whip law, oppose national policies, and oppose farming and commercial sales. We must restore the ancestral system!
The earthquake is not human, but it gives these people endless courage.
Suddenly, the flames of impeachment of Jianwen's new policy by hundreds of officials completely detonated the court.
A letter of memorial focuses on one point:
The emperor's lack of virtue and improper governance triggered a warning from heaven. He immediately punished himself and sent an edict to burn heaven to show his mistakes and correct his mistakes in order to enter the right path.
"Edict of sin? Book of self-examination? Tsk, tsk, these people really think they are Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty."
After admiring a memorial, Zhu Yunwen threw it into the stove, then continued to read it, shaking his head slightly, and said: "If a person is not virtuous, he will be banished to heaven and earth, and disasters will happen, and he will die. This kind of literary talent is most suitable as an edict." But that’s it.”
As for the ancients, they didn’t understand earthquakes. Even if you told them about earthquake longitudinal and transverse waves, they wouldn’t understand.
The ancients had their own understanding and opinions.
Boyang's father in the Western Zhou Dynasty: The Qi of heaven and earth does not lose its order... Yang is suppressed but cannot come out, Yin is forced but cannot be evaporated, so there are earthquakes.
Well, here comes the theory of "yin and yang imbalance".
Earthquakes are caused by the rise of Yin and the decline of Yang.
If a young girl or old girl is working hard to climb up, she is preparing to be regent, supervise the country or something. Suddenly there was an earthquake. Well, this girl is going to be unlucky...
However, there is little value in tying the theory of Yin and Yang to earthquakes. You can say that Yin is prosperous and Yang is declining. It is rare to meet a female man in hundreds of years. You can't just rely on luck, right?
"God's Coming"
Doctrine should be useful, but if it is not useful, then what value does it have?
So everyone used their brains to check the history books and found that when Boyang's father proposed that "the Qi of heaven and earth should not lose its order", "all the three rivers in the west were shaken. It was the same year that the three rivers were exhausted and Qishan collapsed." Not long after, Zhou The dynasty was destroyed.
Doesn’t this tell everyone that earthquakes are a sign of the demise of a country and a sign of the demise of a dynasty?
alright
, the theory of "dynasty destruction" came to power.
But the problem comes again, how can a dynasty be destroyed so easily, but earthquakes often occur, you have to always use this trick to stun the emperor, it will be strange if he doesn't hack you to death.
Although this theory seems reasonable, it is not reliable enough, has poor practicality, and the risk factor is too high, so this theory has little market.
Chinese people still have the ability to adapt.
Since the theory of imbalance of yin and yang and the demise of dynasties does not work, we will create a theory that is effective and easy to use.
Doesn’t the emperor claim to be the emperor?
In other words, the emperor has two fathers, one is his biological father and one is not his biological father - God.
This is easy to handle. Since God is your father, your father will definitely be unhappy if you, as a son, do not cultivate your virtues. If there is a heavy rain, it will be gloomy. If there is a drought, it will show your face.
If you are disobedient, or make mistakes in your administration, and make your father angry, and you slam the table, well, this is an earthquake.
The bigger the earthquake, the more people died, which means that your father is angrier, and it also means that the mistakes you made are more serious.
At this time, the best way is to apologize quickly, admit your mistakes and repent, there is no greater kindness.
Because God, your father, is in the sky, and you don’t have transportation to fly on business, so you can only write a self-indictment. After burning, these words will travel ninety thousand miles with the wind, and you will be considered as a messenger...
This is the "king's virtue" theory of earthquakes!
For example, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty was so frightened by an earthquake that he couldn't eat or sleep well. He simply wrote a self-reflection letter and asked all officials to criticize themselves and talk about what they did wrong so that they could correct it immediately...
That is to say, "I have few people involved in the affairs of the world, and I have made mistakes in my mistakes. I am very afraid of the Wushen solar eclipse and earthquake. The ministers will think about my faults and explain them clearly."
Because the "king's virtue" of earthquakes can restrain the king without any risk, and occasionally you can use earthquakes to do some private things, which is easy to use and cheap, so it has been passed down.
By the time of Zhu Yunwen, earthquakes were inseparable from the king's virtue.
There was a small earthquake when the whip was used, but the movement was not big. In addition, Zhu Yunwen was too tough. He either sent people to the frontier to graze or go fishing in the sea, so the officials tolerated it.
But now there is a big earthquake, people are dead and injured, which means that the emperor has made God angry.
As the emperor, if you don’t listen to us, you should listen to God, right?
The Ming Dynasty established its country based on filial piety. If Your Majesty doesn’t listen to God, wouldn’t it be...
After Zhu Yunwen burned all the memorials, he went back to Kunning Palace to sleep, and continued to burn the memorials the next day. Anyway, it was not the time to go to court, so he sent many memorials.
Less, as much as you want to burn.
Attacking with a whip method, no problem.
Attacking national policies is up to you.
If you want to ban farmers from selling food, you can shout whatever you want.
Zhu Yunwen yawned and didn't care about these attacks.
The bosses of the six ministries and the cabinet ministers didn't move at all. You were the only ones jumping up and down, and you didn't feel too tired to panic.
If I don't say anything, who dares to ban a whipping method?
Who dares to ban national policies?
Who dares to ban farmers from selling goods?
What has already been nailed down and the lid of the coffin is nailed shut, yet there is still a fuss over and over again. Is this thing going to end?
The quarrel lasted from the beginning of April to April 15th. The courtiers were filled with joy and lined up outside the Fengtian Palace. They rubbed their mouths and prepared a manuscript. They must let the emperor give an explanation today.
Fengtian Palace opened, and a eunuch came out: "The emperor is not feeling well today, and the court meeting is cancelled..."
All the ministers were completely dumbfounded.
The ministers quit, shouting that the emperor must come out and say something, otherwise they would just sit here and not leave.
Since Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, the biggest ruling turmoil has arisen.
Shuangxi informed Zhu Yunwen about the sit-in by the ministers. Zhu Yunwen just shook his head and sneered, "We should engage in non-violent non-cooperation, right? You can go on a hunger strike if you can."
Zhu Yunwen just said lightly: "No need to pay attention."
If you have that time, you might as well study more about Zhonghua Book Company. Now the two kings have purchased a large house in the capital, and also bought a large store at the intersection of Chengxian Street and Baotai Street, which is being renovated.
To the west of Chengxian Street and to the south of Baotai Street is the Imperial College. To the north of the intersection of the two streets are Jilong Mountain and Beiji Pavilion, which are prosperous areas.
There are shops and bookstores, but printing books has become a problem.
We can't just sell two books, "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", right?
After much thought, Zhu Yunwen decided to include "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Surnames" and "Thousand Character Classic" in the list of printed books.
The Three-Character Classic appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty and was compiled by Wang Yinglin; The Hundred Family Surnames was written in the Northern Song Dynasty; The Thousand-Character Classic was compiled by Zhou Xingsi during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and has existed for a long time.
"Three Hundred Thousand" are the three most important enlightenment books in ancient times. There is no reason why they should not be popular. Instead of hiding it in private schools, why not sell it to the world and make some extra money...
PS:
The mainstream theory is that the "Three Character Classic" was written by Wang Yinglin of the Southern Song Dynasty. The specific author has been controversial in academic circles.
Some say it appeared in the early Yuan Dynasty, while others say it was written by people in the Ming Dynasty. In this article, the mainstream view prevails.
