Chapter 228 Taimiao's Last Teachings

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Su Jin said loudly: "These three testaments, the grandfather of the great grandfather stands in the secret room of the dormitory of the Taimiao Temple in Beijing in the form of a monument, the prince is a member of the royal family, and when he worships the ancestors every year, I am afraid that the words on this monument must be read again, I don't know if the prince can remember it?" ”

King Teng remembered that there was indeed a stone tablet in the secret room of the Taimiao dormitory, and every year when the ancestors were sacrificed in the royal family, the saint would gather the royal men to go to the tablet to recite the inscription three times, and ordered everyone to remember it firmly.

It's just that King Teng never took the inscription on this stele seriously, the ancestors of the emperor left hundreds of ancestral teachings, and there are no less than dozens of inscriptions on the stone stele in the Taimiao, who can remember them all on the tip of their hearts; In Zhao Zongdan's view, this monument is just a part of the many testaments left by the ancestors, just like other admonition monuments.

Zhao Zongdan has never disdained this, he thinks that this is just a ritual, the purpose of this is nothing more than to show the respect of the descendants for the ancestors, in fact, it is for the people and courtiers to see; As for the admonition on the inscription, whoever is impatient to remember it, just read it, and just go in the left ear and out the right ear.

As for why that stele is different from other steles, independent of the secret room, Zhao Zongdan has not thought about this problem.

Su Jin glanced at King Teng, and saw that his face seemed to have no epiphany, guessing that King Teng had forgotten this testament at all, so he said: "Today, King Teng agrees, and the inscription admonition told by the grandfather will be made public, if there are other consequences entangled because of this, the prince must bear it." ”

King Teng was difficult to ride a tiger at the moment, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "This king will bear it, why do you need to say more." ”

Su Jin nodded, looked around the audience and said: "The first article of Taizu's testament: the descendants of the Chai family, if they are guilty, they shall not be punished, and if they commit rebellion, they will be given all in prison, and they shall not be tortured and killed, nor shall they sit on their subordinates." ”

As soon as this article was announced, the audience was in an uproar, the so-called Chai family was the Great Zhou royal family served by the great grandfather before the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Song Taizu Chen Qiao was the Great Zhou Song Prefecture before the emperor returned to the German army, after the great grandfather ascended the throne, these descendants of the Chai family have been properly settled, and the great grandfather did not kill the Chai family because he was afraid of the restoration of the Zhou Dynasty.

Thousands of people present, except for Teng King Zhao Zongdan, no one has seen the stele with their own eyes, the stele stands in the Taimiao, what is the place of the Taimiao, that is the place to worship the ancestors of the royal family, of course, there is also a partial hall in the Taimiao, dedicated to the important ministers who have contributed to the society, the name is 'worthy of the Taimiao', but these courtiers without exception are all made countless miraculous achievements, and after their deaths, they are also given the status of the king of the county, and they can only enjoy the Taimiao with the approval of the emperor.

In other words, the Taimiao Temple is the most sacred and inviolable place in the imperial court, and it is impossible for ordinary people to enter it at all, let alone ordinary people, and most of the ministers in the court have never entered it at all, let alone know what dormitory secret room has a tablet in the middle of the tablet, and the tablet is engraved with ancestral teachings.

The people were indeed surprised by what Su Jin said, and Zhao Zongdan was even more surprised, because this sentence had already evoked his memory, after all, this monument was worshiped every year, and although the admonition on it was mixed up with other ancestral teachings, as soon as Su Jin announced this, Zhao Zongdan completely recalled it.

Zhao Zongdan's surprise is different from the people, the people are admired by the grandfather's broad mind, you need to know that since ancient times, it is common for the king to defeat the weak and the strong, the grandfather can not forget the remnants of the Zhou Dynasty, not only do not kill but treat them well, which is already considered an alternative among the emperors throughout the ages, as for the engraved inscription to remind themselves and future generations of descendants never forget, this reflects the courage of a generation of heroes, not only not to avoid the rebellion of the remnants of the Zhou Dynasty, but also to repay the kindness of the year with gratitude, such an emperor, How can it not be admired.

And what Zhao Zongdan was surprised about was how Su Jin could know the content of this inscription, it was impossible to enter the Taimiao, but someone revealed the content to him? This point was quickly denied, Su Jin's background he investigated clearly, and none of the people who interacted with him traced back to the eight generations of their ancestors had anything to do with the royal family, let alone anyone who would know the content of the inscription; Then the only explanation is that this person was really entrusted by the great grandfather in his dream to announce the ancestral teachings; Thinking of this, Zhao Zongdan suddenly sweated profusely, and both legs began to tremble.

"The second article of Taizu's testament: Do not kill the doctor and the person who wrote the book." Su Jin said loudly.

"The third article of Taizu's testament: If the descendants have this oath, the sky will die."

Su Jin's words are nothing less than earth-shattering thunder rolling in everyone's ears, this is not a monument of admonition, this is an oath monument, this is the oath monument made by the grandfather of the Zhao and Song dynasties who stood in the temple and represented the descendants of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

The emperor's words are called a word and nine tripods, what is the emperor's oath? It is difficult to describe a word, not to mention that this is a poisonous oath, 'Descendants who have this oath, the sky will die.'" No one can convict the emperor, if the oath says something like wishing to be scolded by the world, it is hypocritical, only God can control the emperor, and God will punish him for violating the oath, which is already the greatest degree of solemn attitude towards this oath.

Tang Jie trembled, looking at King Teng, who was also pale, in a panic, Qin Fei didn't know the seriousness of the matter, and asked quietly on the side: "Lord Wang, this is made up by Su Jin, look at the second article, it is clear that it is to exonerate Wang Anshi and others, how can it be such a coincidence?" ”

Zhao Zongdan suddenly fell to his knees, bowed to the sky and shouted: "The descendants of the unscrupulous ancestors comfort the heroic spirit of the Taizu, do not dare to forget this precept, immediately follow the precepts of the great grandfather, and pray for the forgiveness of the unworthy descendants." ”

King Teng's kneeling is equivalent to announcing the authenticity of the three admonitions that Su Jin said, and it is also equivalent to announcing that the grandfather Taizu has indeed dreamed of Su Jin, and all the officials and people in the audience hulala knelt down and shouted: "Long live Emperor Taizu, long live!" "I don't think about Emperor Taizu has been dead for decades, how can I live it.

The horror in Tang Jie and Zhao Zongdan's hearts is indescribable, they are not afraid because of the words of heaven in the oath, nor are they afraid because the great grandfather is afraid of dreaming of others for this matter, these things are easy to solve, they just need to be corrected immediately, and Wang Anshi and others can be put to an end; There was another thing they feared, and that was the disclosure of the contents of the oath.

Originally, Su Jin wanted to announce a reprimand to Zhao Zongdan alone, but Zhao Zongdan thought that Su Jin wanted to talk to him alone in order to beg him to spare his life, so he refused his request, he didn't expect that Su Jin would really know the content of the oath tablet, so it was a big leak.

First of all, Emperor Taizu's intention to erect the oath monument in the secret room of the Taimiao Temple is to let the descendants of the imperial family remember this oath forever, which is equivalent to a code of restrictions on the behavior of the royal family, but this kind of self-imposed restrictions must not be made public, which is like someone vowing to sleep with all the beauties in the world, but this kind of oath can be put in the heart, and if it is circulated, it will expose his heart; As the supreme royal family, internal restraint is necessary, but if it is made public, it is tantamount to making yourself uncomfortable, which is probably the reason why Emperor Taizu did not stand this monument in public.

How can the bottom line of the imperial family be known to outsiders, Emperor Taizu set up this monument is sincere, not to attract the attention of the world, if it is the latter purpose, he can publicize this matter, set up the monument in public, accept the supervision of the world, and win the favor of the people; But since it is a secret monument, it cannot but be said that there is something interesting in it; Can't a scholar be killed? At critical times, on critical occasions, for the sake of their own majesty and dominance, they should be killed, and the so-called doctrine of heavenly punishment is obviously more important than the ancestral foundation.

But once the content of this monument is leaked, the killing of soldiers has become an excuse for the people of the world to attack, and with a wave of the knife, the original ordinary public case will immediately rise to the height of disrespecting the ancestors and disrespecting the oath, which will greatly lose the hearts of the people.

Secondly, one of the bad consequences of the disclosure of the content of the oath monument is that from now on, the world's corporal doctors and scholars will use this monument as a reference, anyway, they don't have to lose their heads, they dare to say anything, and they dare to let go of any fart; Everyone will use this inscription as a shield, and when the time comes, they will talk nonsense, and the grandiose reason of the above books and words cannot be punished with capital punishment, and the majesty of the court will be greatly damaged. It is conceivable that there will be many people who will take advantage of this loophole to make political capital.

Zhao Zongdan couldn't help but be afraid, his carelessness actually caused such a consequence, how could the thousands of mouths present at the moment be blocked?

Tang Jie naturally understood the seriousness of the problem, he regretted it and wanted to slap his mouth, why should he not get along with this Su Jin, he could completely ignore this matter, the prince had a problem with him, and the prince solved it by himself, he insisted on finding a handle to take people, and the current situation was really out of control.

Two words quickly popped into Tang Jie's mind: remedy.

Hurry up and remedy, release people first, and then apologize, and at the same time ask for blame, the prince's thighs still have to be hugged tightly, after all, Teng Wangye has been studying with the emperor since he was a child, and he has both kinship and general affection, this matter may be exchanged for disaster, but as long as it is dealt with properly, it may be just a reprimand.

Thinking of this, Tang Jie couldn't hold back, and before Su Jin could speak, Tang Jie preemptively said: "Su Xuexue passed on the admonition of the great grandfather from generation to generation, and the government is very grateful, so he released Wang Anshi and others, and announced an apology, if it weren't for Su Xuexue today, the mansion would have made a big mistake." ”

Su Jin took a long breath, his whole body was wet and cold, I don't know if it was cold sweat or rain, this level finally passed; He didn't know if there would be such an inscription in the temple, but later generations had read this section of history, and at that time he sighed that someone had erected such a tablet thousands of years ago, and he did have a sense of responsibility and mind, so he paid special attention to it.

But no one has seen it with their own eyes in the history books, it is difficult to distinguish whether it is true or false, Su Jin gambled, and if he won the bet, he could not only save Wang Anshi and others, but he would also go to a new level from now on, and in less than a month, the whole Song Dynasty would know about him Su Jin.

However, if you lose the bet, the consequences are unimaginable, but fortunately, Su Jin is a person who has died once, and he is not very afraid of dying again, who can die twice in his life? Dying twice is also a proud capital.