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Chapter 645 Heavenly Law

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    The emperor and the prince agreed, and some princesses even felt that they could participate. Princesses could also go to the county. When the Li family launched an army, Princess Pingyang supported an army of tens of thousands, known as the 'Women's Army', and fought in both the south and the north.  Not inferior to men.

    The women of the Li family have such a glorious history, so the princesses will naturally be eager to try it.

    But this is not enfeoffment. The prince also has an immediate superior in the county, and he will be criticized if things are not done well.

    This is also one of the reasons why the ministers objected to the prince going to the county. That is, when the prince goes to the county, will he listen to the prince or his superiors?

    According to etiquette, superiors must listen to the prince.  Just like in the royal family, how should the emperor's daughter and the emperor's sister salute.  According to the patriarchal etiquette, the aunt should salute the niece because the emperor's daughter is more noble than the aunt.  During the sacrifice, the emperor's daughter stood next to the emperor, while the aunt stayed farther away.

    During the enfeoffment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the monarch of Chu was a fire-watcher, so no one looked down on him.

    Nobles distinguish their status through etiquette. Whoever stands closer to the emperor is more noble.  Therefore, if the prince goes to the county, everyone should listen to the prince, including superiors.

    At this time, Li Shimin said directly: "If you don't listen to the prince, you should listen to the laws of heaven. Everyone must be loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and love the people. This is the law of nature. If the emperor does not love the people, he will be overthrown. If the prince does not love the people, he should be criticized."  In order to preserve the natural principles and eliminate human desires, Li Shimin also used this opportunity to introduce the behavioral standards for scholars, so that the scholars did not have to stand at the altar of the nobility, but to create a new altar themselves, an altar of natural principles.

    Heavenly principles replaced rituals and music, scholars replaced aristocrats, and a very historic turning point began.  It is a pity that the scholars are still too weak now, but the emperor personally proposed the concept of heavenly principles to support the scholars.

    ???????????????????????????? But now the nobles no longer work. If we follow the laws of heaven and do not follow the position, then wouldn¡¯t anyone be able to point fingers at the nobles?

    ??It is indeed possible, because it is necessary to preserve the natural principles and eliminate human desires. The luxurious life of the nobles is obviously human desires, and the poor life of the scholars is everywhere based on natural principles.

    In fact, many people are opposed to destroying human desires because of the improvement of material life after the industrial revolution, and they can eat delicacies from the mountains and the sea.  But when this sentence appeared, the majority of the scholar class could not eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, and could only stare at the nobles' tables and drool, so they put forward this slogan to restrict the nobles and strengthen their own rationality.  The laws of heaven do not deny eating, sleeping, marrying, and having children. It only opposes the extravagant life of aristocrats, three wives and four concubines, and luxury cars and delicacies.

    This is a struggle between scholars and nobles. The transformation of Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism from pseudo to orthodox means that the scholars finally won.  From then on, the altar of nobles exited the stage, and the rules of the game for scholars moved into the future.

    Therefore, the opposition of officials of the Tang Dynasty is justified, because now the altar of the nobles is very strong, and when the prince goes to the county, it is difficult for everyone to ensure that the military, political and financial resources of various places can be separated, instead of being grabbed by the prince.

    The emperor proposed the laws of nature and asked everyone to follow the laws of nature instead of following the altar position. This was a ground-breaking move.  However, Confucianism was in decline at this time, and Confucian scholars were at a loss what to do when faced with the devastating attack on ritual and music.

    Yunyao said that at this time, the female consort should be allowed to continue to perfect the laws of heaven. The female consort can take Zhu Xi's place in the future, and maybe she can become a female saint in Confucianism.

    "I'm optimistic about you." Yunyao said. Is this a diary of the development of a female consort?  It's really interesting. Step by step, shaping the female consort into a famous official, isn't it just training?

    The nobles haven¡¯t reacted yet and don¡¯t know the power of heaven.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  Now that we have talked about the laws of heaven, how can we prove that the laws of heaven exist?  What exactly is heavenly law?  These all need to be answered.

    The position of the altar can be seen clearly. The emperor stands in the middle, and the people around him stand in a row. The further away, the lower the status. It is clear at a glance.

    What is the law of heaven?  Can you see it, can you touch it, can you hear it?  How to prove the existence of Heavenly Law, and what does Heavenly Law look like?  You can¡¯t just say it, you have to let everyone know it.  Also, why is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism a natural law, and why is caring for the people a natural law?  These questions must be answered.

    It is easy to break the altars of nobles. Some people tried it in the Spring and Autumn Period, and even broke it in the Han Dynasty. But in the end, the nobles still revived because the altars of the nobles were very practical and easy to build.

    If a scholar wants to break the aristocratic altar and establish his own rules, he must be persuasive. He can't just talk casually, right?

    This requires detailed theory. As Yunyao's recorder, the female consort kept records of various natural laws.  Things that later generations take for granted were things that were taken for granted at the beginning of their existence.The earth collapsed and the earth collapsed, causing Pangu to open up the sky and shake violently.

    Represents the collapse of the old order and the rise of the new order.

    The transfer of princes to counties and the selection of princes are unprecedented, but in order to make this policy more reasonable and operable, various norms must be added and various restrictions must be broken.

    ¡°Just to resolve the matter of who is the principal and who is the auxiliary in the prince¡¯s county, we must resolve the constraints of ritual and music and promote the glory of heavenly principles.  Fortunately, Li Shimin's determination was huge. Although killing his son was the simplest and most cost-effective way to stabilize his position, as a father, he chose a more difficult and complicated plan.

    Of course, if the conflict between the emperor and the prince can be resolved once and for all, Li Shimin can add more luster to his resume.  This was his confidence in himself and his trust in Yunyao, because Yunyao was behind the push, which was also the main reason why Li Shimin believed that this plan was feasible.

    After all, Yunyao made the impossible possible. If anyone else had suggested this, Li Shimin would have killed him.

    Therefore, there is Li Shimin's trust in Yunyao. For Yunyao, this is a good opportunity to speed up reforms, speed up the demise of the nobility, and at the same time avoid the transformation of the Tang Dynasty into the Song Dynasty. By the way, he can also raise a female consort, killing three birds with one stone and killing three birds with one stone without working hard.  No more.

    As for the collusion between the prince and the merchants in actual operations, as well as the prince's dragging his feet and other behaviors, these can all be resolved through the specialized regulatory rating department.  Li Shimin serves as the top leader of the rating department and controls the highest interpretation power of ratings and supervision.

    Finally, after two years of intense discussions, at Li Shimin's insistence, the prince was pushed to go to the county. The prince would go to the backward county to manage and rule for three years. There would be assessments every year, divided into people's livelihood, prison, education,  Infrastructure and other aspects were evaluated, and the prince with the highest score in the end was the prince.

    Any prince who wants to participate in the selection of the prince can sign up. The original prince Li Chengqian will temporarily retain the title of prince. If he fails the examination for three consecutive years, he will be stripped of the title of prince and the new prince will be selected on the basis of merit.

    Li Shimin is still very proud. After all, this is an unprecedented initiative. After two years of intense discussions, it was finally promoted by him. With this alone, his evaluation in history can be improved a lot.  Anyway, for now, he no longer has to attack the prince, and has preserved the reputation of a good emperor and a good father. As for what will happen in the future, we can only wait until later. At present, Li Shimin feels very good and perfect.

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