Anything derived from Taiyi City, the Imperial College, or even after Li Hong became the crown prince, and anything that had not appeared before the Tang Dynasty, was included in the list.
Among all things, what the dozen or so people here could instantly think of were the utensils that have now completely penetrated into normal life. But what shocked them even more was the fact that His Majesty originally used it as a child. The perfumes, soaps, etc. that have been developed include the processing of fabrics in Taiyi City, as well as the cloth produced by this new thing called textile machines.
In short, when people carefully considered this prohibition that His Majesty personally imposed on Su Gui, Du Shenyan, and Cui Rong, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
If these things were really banned, they would not dare to think about how Su Gui and the three of them would live in the future!
After all, over the years, Taiyi City and Imperial College, especially Taiyi City, have basically changed the daily life of the entire Tang Dynasty, including His Majesty, Queen, royal family members, courtiers, wealthy families, and down to the common people and wealthy businessmen. If Banning all these things, they really can't imagine how they will live their previous lives.
This is the case for everyone. When something seems to be dispensable in life, people don't think its role is very important. But when such an inconspicuous object suddenly disappears from the world, After it is used frequently, people will realize how important this thing is in daily life and how indispensable it is.
"Your Majesty..." After Yao Chong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, walked out of the meeting hall, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. He even understood at once that His Majesty's will would be disastrous for the lives of Su Gui and others. Combat and deterioration in quality of life.
"What? Do you want to beg for mercy, or do you want to give it a try?" Li Hong looked relaxed, while Wen Wen and the others behind him had beaming expressions.
Originally, in the eyes of these women, His Majesty forgave their crimes, which was tantamount to a compromise made by the Five Surnames Qi Wang and the world's literati and refined scholars after wronging them. However, they never expected that in the end, His Majesty It turned out that such a move came to drain the fire.
"Whether it's the five surnames, Qi Wang, or some scholars and scholars in the world who are proud of their traditions, don't they all have infinite nostalgia for the world before I became the prince, that is, what they call the world before the collapse of the ritual music of the Tang Dynasty? It's just right now, Let them get rid of these things that were created in the process of the collapse of rituals and music, and let them go back to the past and the so-called prosperous Tang Dynasty in their minds to see if it is really as good as they say. " Li Hong walked forward slowly, and naturally there were three people from Dali Temple, Xingbu and Yushitai behind him.
Once Li Hong's decree is issued, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai must immediately implement it. What's more, in the eyes of the three of them, His Majesty's move is completely better than using other means to suppress those literati and the five surnames and seven hopes. Much more clever.
Let them experience for themselves, after losing the various items derived from the process of the so-called collapse of rituals and music, and giving them the situation they yearn for, is it really what they say they yearn for? A prosperous world where you can live and work in peace and contentment.
Yao Chong smiled bitterly, and then followed Li Hong's footsteps and said: "I can't think clearly for a moment whether your majesty's move is right or... wrong, but whether it will be implemented in practice, and whether it will be caused by such a ban. Of course, I applaud His Majesty for this move. After all, if the court ignores their criticism and slander of Taiyi City, Imperial College, etc., even though their influence is extremely limited now, But it's limited to their respective hometowns, but they still have some influence..."
"In order to gain fame and reputation, pretend to be courteous and virtuous, and then continue to let them criticize the court indiscriminately and regardless of right or wrong? Today it can be the princess and my concubine, but next time, I am afraid it will be time to criticize me directly, so there is no need to do it for Some false names, and let them continue to take the initiative, since I can't punish them, since they yearn for the world of the past, I really want to see the progress of the times and the development of the country. What is more important than benefiting the people is the etiquette and virtue they uphold. I have never opposed the importance of etiquette and virtue, and have never underestimated the education of etiquette and virtue for the people of the Tang Dynasty. However, everything should be done in a moderate way. We already have enough etiquette and virtues, and people are tired of lengthy etiquette. Why can't we make these more humane? Do we have to stick to tradition and occupy an absolute place in people's lives? Is it true that the food and clothing of the people and the blooming of children's nature are not as important as etiquette and morality?" Li Hong stood at the door of Jingzhao Mansion and turned to look at the people behind him.
With the progress of the times and the development of things, history rolls forward in the long river, passing through the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and then continues to trace back. You will find that after people's lives stabilized and their food and clothing were settled, they began to start from traditional etiquette again. Working hard, he began to develop Neo-Confucianism into a perverted behavior.
Just like being full and warm and thinking about sex, across the era of the Tang Dynasty, in the Southern Song Dynasty, the most prosperous period, what was the reason for the emergence of Neo-Confucianism
The material richness of the Southern Song Dynasty was no less than that of the Tang Dynasty under the rule of Li Hong. After people's food, clothing and health were solved, the knowledge of etiquette and rationale was once again magnified, and was once again brought out by Confucian sages to enhance their sense of existence.
"Destroy human desires and preserve natural principles." In Li Hong's view, it is completely deformed, perverted, and the biggest crime that shackles people and subjugates human nature!
As small as an individual, as large as the prosperity of a nation, whether it is a person or a country, once it reaches a saturated state, it needs to vent the saturated state that is about to overflow in other ways.
Once a person has money, it is absolutely impossible for him to store all his money in the bank, like Pixiu, and can only get in and out. In that case, this person definitely has a mental or psychological problem.
If a country or a nation is so rich that it does not know how to spend its time, it will be like the Southern Song Dynasty. It will not have the courage and goal to regain the lost land in the Central Plains, and will not have the determination to strengthen its military. While enjoying the status quo, the economy will When the output was about to account for 70% of the entire world, it did not know how to vent this over-saturated state, so the imperial court began to take up Neo-Confucianism again with nothing to do, thereby pervertedly enslaving a nation for thousands of years.
The Meiji Restoration made Japan rich, thus widening the gap with the Qing Dynasty. After the Meiji Restoration, a small island country became rich, and in a saturated state, they used aggression to vent their saturation, thus making them even richer. , but they vented the danger of their saturation to the point of being extremely perverted.
However, after World War II, the Japanese nation experienced rapid economic development. What did they derive? *****, and what people today consider a perverted nation!
After being defeated and surrendered, and deprived of all rights, all the Japanese country could do was to focus on developing its economy, so that everything could go global. At the same time, it was becoming richer and richer internally, and began to transform into a perverted nation.
And this is the American emperor on the other side of the Pacific, who bleeds the Japanese country from time to time to prevent it from dying, and becomes more and more perverted.
Now if the Tang Dynasty continues like this, it will be like a miser, trying to bring peace to the world. It has a lot of money and does not know how to spend it. Every day, it looks at the dazzling silver in the treasury. Sooner or later, the Tang Dynasty will not be the Southern Song Dynasty or the Japanese country. ’s footsteps.
Therefore, Li Hong would rather have no money in the treasury than let the treasury become full. He worries about money every day and doesn't know how to spend it well, so he starts to make a fuss about people, which has terrible consequences.
Li Hong knew that his analysis of the derivation of Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty, or the Japanese state after the Meiji Restoration, was an overgeneralization and was just his own idea. However, in his view, the derivation of Neo-Confucianism and the abnormality of the Japanese state had nothing to do with the nation. Being unable to find an outlet in a saturated state must be closely related, not all, but one of the important factors.
The Minister of Rites looked at Li Hong's somewhat displeased expression, walked over to Li Hong over the people in front of him, saluted and said: "Of course your Majesty doesn't care what those scoundrels think of him, but there are more than tens of millions of people in the world. If your Majesty surrenders himself, It is also a harm to our country, the Tang Dynasty, to treat courtiers and scholars who are relatives of the courtiers in this way. I think that your majesty does not need to change the decree for the time being, but can the time limit be changed from one year to..."
"Why change? I gave them absolute freedom of speech, and gave them and the court time to test whether the people's food and clothing and the stability of the country are more important, or their etiquette and morality. I just want to see, in their After losing the wealth of material things, do you still have the time to think about human nature and those etiquette that are so lengthy that only they can explain themselves?" Li Hong waved his sleeves, then walked down the steps of the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen, and met Hua Meng and others. Under the service, prepare to board the carriage.
Shangguan Wan'er, Wen Wen and Bai Chun, including Li Lingyue, had already gotten into the large carriage at this time. Li Hong pressed Hua Meng's shoulders and prepared to board the carriage. He turned his head and glanced at the people who were bowing and seeing him off, but stopped. .
"I only believe in one sentence, and it is definitely a sentence said by a person who is more sage than the sage in the eyes of the literati." Li Hong said suddenly while standing in front of the carriage.
"Your Majesty, please inform me so that we can clear up the confusion." The Ministry of Rites appealed and asked hurriedly.
Not only the people beside the carriage pricked up their ears, wanting to listen to the words that could make His Majesty, who has always been wild and unruly, treat him as a holy book, but even Wen Wen and others in the carriage stopped to speak to Li Hong in the meeting hall just now. During the discussion of decision-making, their ears were pricked up, waiting for which sage and word of Li Hong to believe.
Facing the expectant eyes of everyone, Li Hong said firmly word for word: "It is better to use your remaining courage to chase the poor bandits, and not to pretend to be a tyrant. If heaven is affectionate, it will also grow old, and the right path in the world will be vicissitudes of life."
(End of chapter)