Chapter 783: Wu Meiniang enters the palace
Li Hao is indeed smart, the eldest grandson Wuji's strategy was basically guessed by him, and the eldest grandson Wuji knew that this time it would be impossible to bypass these Confucian ministers, so he could only perfunctory first, and then come to a prelude to bring Wu Meiniang into the palace.
At that time, these Confucian ministers will definitely make a big fuss again, it doesn't matter, the end of making a mistake is to issue an edict of guilt, thinking about it with a wall, making two mistakes or issuing an edict of guilt, thinking about it with a wall, do they dare to abolish the emperor? As long as their anger is appeased, then it will be fine, and even if it cannot be appeased, so what, to die to admonish each other? Resign from the office? This requires a large number of important ministers to do it together to have an effect, if there are only a few people, it is useless, and the eldest grandson Wuji also believes that as long as Li Zhi's attitude of admitting his mistakes is sincere enough, he can still resolve the anger of most people.
Finally, the matter was over, scattered dynasty, Li Hao sat in the RV, thoughtful, Lu Yun is now Li Hao's exclusive driver, since he learned to drive, he fell in love with the profession of driver, he felt that driving was interesting, stepped on the foot, pushed the gear, and the steering wheel was casually fiddled a few times, and he drove away such a huge thing, and he ran fast, how amazing!
Although Suzaku Street is very wide, there are many pedestrians and vendors on the road, and Lu Yun didn't dare to drive too fast, so he drove slowly, and when he saw Li Hao sitting on the side thoughtfully, he asked casually, "What are you thinking?" ”
"I'm thinking about ......" Li Hao wanted to speak and stopped, there were some things that Lu Yun wouldn't understand, so he finally chose not to say it.
Lu Yun even knew that Li Hao was the identity of the future person, and even the RV would be driven, but what Li Hao was thinking about this time, Lu Yun really didn't understand, it was about breaking feudal etiquette.
Today's court affairs, in fact, can also be regarded as a provocation to the religion, of course, the degree of this provocation is very large, has been accompanied by moral problems in it, but in fact, morality is also derived from the religion, in some barbarian tribes, they have no religion, all the tribal chiefs died, the son in addition to inheriting his father's chieftaincy, but also inherited all his father's property, including women, of course, except for the biological mother. Because these barbarians don't understand etiquette, they don't have any moral baggage, which is already their custom and heritage.
The reason why Li Hao wants to break the feudal etiquette is because the feudal etiquette system has too many places, for example, in ancient times, blindly emphasized the respect for the ancestors, emphasized the inheritance, and thought that the ancestors left behind are good, but this is not the case, respecting the ancestors is a good thing, but it should be treated rationally, the good things left by the ancestors, then continue to carry forward, but the ancestors also have some bad things left, such as thoughts, thoughts, which are constantly changing with the progress of the times, and ideas must adapt to the times, And if even the thinking is blindly like the predecessors, not thinking about pioneering, the things left by the ancestors, if it is not good, or it is not suitable for this era, then corresponding measures should be taken, and the biggest measure is to give up.
Conformism is the biggest obstacle to social progress, and it must be removed, otherwise it will seriously hinder the development of science.
Li Hao plans to establish a new etiquette system, basically speaking, it is to take its essence and remove its dross, so that the people in the world have a correct moral outlook, and will not be bound ideologically, this is his ideal social etiquette.
Everything on the Liangyi Hall today, he has seen the difficulty of the old ritual system, those Confucian ministers are the most loyal guardians of the old ritual system, you have to say that they are guilty, what crimes do they have, can they kill them, obviously impossible, you have to reason with them, everyone's thoughts are not on the same level, chickens and ducks talk, play the piano to the cow, never get along, and today's fifteen Confucian ministers are just the tip of the iceberg, in fact, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are the guardians of the old etiquette system, but because of interests, Some people stood on the side of the eldest grandson Wuji, and then said that the people were brainwashed by the old ritual system from childhood to adulthood, and they also thought that these ritual systems were good, right, they were also supporters of the old ritual system, no matter how great Li Hao's ability was, could he be the enemy of the people of the world? This is also the reason why he wants to use Wu Meiniang.
Wu Meiniang is ruthless and unscrupulous, and she is a woman, if she wants to reach the top, she must first send a fierce blow to the old etiquette system, her fierce blow will cause a river of blood, how many gate lords and pedantic Confucian ministers will die under her butcher's knife, this point, Li Hao can not do it even if he is ruthless.
It is precisely because of today's events that he thought of the difficulty of fighting against feudal etiquette and religion, Li Hao became more and more determined to use Wu Meiniang, it was just a big deal to wait a little longer, time, a lot, anyway, his life was very long.
The news spread very quickly, in the afternoon, almost half of the people in Chang'an knew that Li Zhi actually fornicated with his mother-in-law, and gave birth to a boy and a girl, the people just felt that this matter was incredible, the emperor actually did such a reluctant thing, they were shocked, and it was cited as a topic of conversation after tea and dinner, if you want to say that the people have any complaints and scolding, naturally there are, but not much, after all, they are just ordinary people, and they can have a peaceful birthday to be satisfied, why take the risk of cursing the emperor, and find themselves unhappy, However, some officials and Confucian ministers who did not go to the court today were all angry when they heard about this, thinking that Li Zhi had done too much, and if Li Zhi had not agreed to admit his mistake in the edict, they would definitely have to go to the Taiji Palace to admonish.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the eldest grandson Wuji went to the Taiji Palace to ask for a face, and after seeing Li Zhi, Li Zhi asked impatiently: "What does my uncle mean by being in the palace today?" ”
The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, if the old minister doesn't do this today, I'm afraid that this matter will not end well, if Your Majesty wants to take Wu Meiniang into the palace, you have to sacrifice, and you must do it if you give them a step down." ”
Li Zhi asked worriedly: "I can issue an edict for my sin, or I can go to the tomb of the first emperor to confess, but how can I let them relax and let me take Mei Niang and the child into the palace?" ”
The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has already thought about it, and he will take Wu Meiniang into the palace tonight, but he needs His Majesty's help." ”
Li Zhi was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "...... you You mean, you don't have to ask for the consent of the ministers? Just pick up Mei Niang into the palace like this? ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The eldest grandson Wuji said, "The old minister might as well tell the truth, Your Majesty wants them to agree, it is absolutely impossible, only to cut first and then play, and bring Wu Meiniang into the palace, can they still come to the palace to drive Wu Meiniang away?" ”
"But......" Li Zhi frowned suddenly, "I'm afraid that the ministers will be even more angry, and when the time comes, it will end even harder!" ”
"There are gains and losses, and there is nothing perfect in the world." The eldest grandson Wuji said, "The old minister still said that, Your Majesty wants to take Wu Meiniang into the palace, naturally you have to sacrifice, and when the time comes, Your Majesty will be more sincere in the edict of sin, and repentance for a few more days in front of the mausoleum of the first emperor." ”
"It's as simple as that?" Li Zhi looked surprised when he heard this.
"Of course it can't be that simple." The eldest grandson Wuji said, "Even if Your Majesty does this, it can only win the understanding of the people and dissipate the anger of most of the officials, but there will still be stubborn people who will bite the tongue and may kneel in front of the palace gate, or there may be people who will admonish each other with death, or force each other with resignation, there are too many possibilities, it is difficult to speculate for the time being, and you can only take one step at a time." ”
Li Zhi sighed helplessly when he heard this: "It seems to be ...... That's all there is to it. ”
The eldest grandson Wuji said at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister has already sent someone to pick up Wu Meiniang, and it is expected to arrive in Chang'an in the middle of the night, and the old minister hopes that Your Majesty will arrange it." ”
Li Zhi immediately understood his consciousness, nodded and said, "Okay, I will let Li Yuanzhong personally guard the Xuanwu Gate, and you let Wu Meiniang enter the palace directly from the Xuanwu Gate." ”
"Yes!" The eldest grandson Wuji smiled calmly and bowed.
The next morning, Li Hao received a secret report from Zhu Ruihuan and Chen Song that Wu Meiniang entered the Taiji Palace from the Xuanwu Gate last night and is currently living in the queen's bedroom.
Li Hao burned it after reading the secret letter, he knew that since Wu Meiniang had already entered the palace, it was impossible to go out again, and next, he was afraid that Li Zhi would have a headache, because the ministers' verbal and written attacks were about to begin.
Wu Meiniang's entry into the palace was not known to the ministers, but Li Zhi had to let them know, because Wu Meiniang was not a maidservant, she was to be canonized, and the canonization required an edict, and the edict of the harem had to go through two departments, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province.
Fortunately, Zhongshu Province is in the hands of Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng in accordance with Li Zhi's meaning, personally drafted an edict, canonized Wu Meiniang as Zhaoyi, after Li Zhi stamped the seal, he sent someone to the province for approval, the current servant in the province is called Mu Gao, and he has been in the service for some years, it stands to reason that the servant is the biggest official in the province, but Mu Gao is not the person in charge of the province, and the highest authority in the province is still Wei Zheng, because the official position of Wei Zheng is - to know the affairs of the door, this is a very special official position, that is, although Wei Zheng is retired, But you can still ask about the affairs of Menxia Province, and Wei Zheng's reputation and prestige in Menxia Province are too great, and the officials of Menxia Province are particularly in awe of him, so whenever there is a major event, Mu Gao has to ask Wei Zheng for instructions, which is a kind of respect for Wei Zheng and a kind of responsibility for state affairs, after all, Wei Zheng has never made mistakes in handling things.
When he received this edict, Master Mu trembled a little, but he didn't expect that the emperor had quietly taken Wu Meiniang to the palace, and now he had to issue an edict to canonize Wu Meiniang, but the ministers were still kept in the dark, and things were not easy to do, his first thought was to ask Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng recently took sick leave and was recuperating at home, Mu Gao didn't want to bother him, but he really couldn't make up his mind about this matter, so he finally went to visit Wei Zheng.
Standing at the gate of Wei Zheng's mansion, Mu Gao was worried in his heart, and secretly said to himself: "I don't know if the teacher knows about it, with the teacher's temperament, if he knows this kind of thing, he will definitely scold the emperor, alas......"
Mu Gao hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and knocked on the knocker.