After Zhu Yuanzhang saw the minister's recital, why did he get angry and beat up the minister before he finished reading it?

Zhu Yuanzhang formulated many etiquette laws, on the one hand, he attached importance to and inherited traditional etiquette, and on the other hand, it also reflected the reform of the times. However, the most important thing is to maintain the imperial authority of the Zhu clan through the formulation of etiquette laws and regulations, combining the system of ceremonies and chaos.

Adjustment of social relations and indoctrination of the population at large

。 Specifically, the ritual system is to distinguish between the noble and the lowly, and the ming and other prestige, which is what a generation of emperors must do to govern the country.

Pay attention to etiquette

In order to make the people aware of etiquette, Zhu Yuanzhang accepted the suggestions of the Confucians and vigorously advocated indoctrination to promote governance with indoctrination. Zhu Yuanzhang demanded

All children over the age of eight are enrolled in the school,

Children over the age of fifteen should learn Confucian classics such as the Book of Poetry, the Book of Books, the Book of Rites, and the Book of Changes. Even he asked

Adult men, after they are busy, also have to listen to moral etiquette.

If the common people commit theft, fighting, etc., the old man and the mayor will jointly mediate. Those who do not listen to the teachings may be beaten with rattan bamboo, but they may not be detained and punished. In addition to teaching punishment, it also promotes goodness. For filial piety and grandsons, righteous husbands and women, the elders and the elderly can directly go to the imperial court. In each mile, there must be a "Declaration Pavilion" and a "Jingshan Pavilion", and the guilty will write their names on the "Affirmation Pavilion", and if there is a good deed, it will be listed on the "Jingshan Pavilion". At the same time, each township also set up a ringing bell, by a disabled person six times a month, in the whole township tour of the bell, loudly chanted six words for good and evil: "Filial piety to parents, respect for the elders, harmony in the township, teach children and grandchildren, each in peace, do not do wrong." ”

Ask for rain yourself

In the third year of Hongwu, a major drought hit the Jiangnan region. From mid-spring to mid-summer, four or five months of rain did not fall. In the rice fields that should have been green and lush, at this time, the land cracked, the grass seedlings dried up, and the early rice was completely hopeless.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very anxious, and he decided to personally go to the mountain and river altar to pray for rain. Dressed in a linen suit, he walked on grass, neither riding a horse nor riding a car, and walked out of the Fengtian Gate on foot under the protection of the Jinyi guards. The ministers followed in their various linen suits.

Not far away, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the streets were lined with people kneeling and praying with incense, and the spring thunderous mountain shouted long live, one after another. Ever since ascending to the emperor's throne, the chant of "Long live the emperor" has been circling in his head every day, and even then he does not feel bored.

Today, Zhu Yuanzhang is not only unhappy, but even feels ashamed of the expectations of the people. Until he ascended to the altar of the mountains and rivers, he still prayed reverently in his heart, hoping that the devotion and sincerity that overflowed his heart would move the heavens and rain down in time.

After performing the ceremonies and praying for the gods of heaven and earth, Zhu Yuanzhang instructed the ministers to return to the yamen council. He himself is at the top of the altar

Tungsten

On the mat, sit cross-legged in the open air. In the summer of June, it is a long drought and no rain, and as soon as the sun shows its face, it will throw a rolling heat wave desperately to the earth. Near noon, the earth was like a big steamer, and the heat wave made people's skin sting and suffocate. Although the attendant kept wiping the sweat from his body with a cold hand towel, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt skin pain and dizziness, and seemed to faint at any moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to raise his head and straighten his waist. Helplessly, the pious prayer did not touch the heavens, and the sweat was not replaced by rain. The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang spent another day under the fierce flames of the scorching sun, and still slept on the altar of the mountains and rivers at night. Early in the morning of the third day, the ministers collectively pleaded with him to return to the dynasty, but YuanZhang still insisted: "How can you give up halfway?" Rest assured, the scorching sun does not die, and you are only worried that it will not rain! ”

However, Zhu Yuanzhang had been kneeling reverently on the altar of the mountain and river for two days, and did not pray for a single drop of rain. On the evening of the third day, he quickly and unhappily went down to the altar and returned to the palace, but still bathed and fasted, stayed under the corridor overnight, and persistently prayed to the sky for rain.

"Table rumble... Boom..." A thunderclap rolled through the sky one after another.

Liu Ji was taking a nap when he was suddenly awakened by thunder. I came to the window with my shoes and looked at it, and the clouds were hanging low and the earth was dark. A fierce wind swept in, the trees stooped, and the wind and sand filled the air. A heavy rain is coming. He let out a long sigh, childlike, and shouted loudly as he held up the windowsill: "Look at the good rain through your eyes, hurry up!" ”

"Haha, father hasn't been so happy in a long time." Liu Lian did not know when he came to Liu Ji's back.

Liu Ji replied excitedly: "For the officials, they should think of the people, and the emperor should think of cangsheng even more." Fan Wenzhenggong's teaching that "the world is worried and worried before the world, and the world is happy and happy after the world" should be taken as a warning by everyone. ”

"The Son obeys the teachings. However, although the emperor can be called the founding hero, but he can torture and kill at every turn, can it be said that he thinks of cangsheng? ”

Liu ji

Liu Ji replied weakly: "The emperor uses martial arts to calm the chaotic world, rules the world with virtue, and relies on rough security in the universe, which is his greatest merit." After years of conquest, he repeatedly ordered not to kill or disturb the people. In the face of famine and apologies, it is also a great merit to reduce taxes and grain in the disaster area many times. But

He is suspicious and suspicious, and often kills improperly, so that he implicates too many innocents

, again, it seems unkind and unjust. "If Chen Youyu, Zhang Shicheng and others won the world, would they be like this?"

After a long time, Liu Ji said to himself, "No matter who it is, when he first wins the world, there will be some good deeds to help the people and the people." However, doing more and doing less varies from person to person. Chen Youyou is arrogant and violent, solipsistic, and certainly not the role of the people. Although Zhang Shicheng is benevolent, he is weak and scheming, and he is obsessed with sexual pleasures, and he will not take the people to heart. Compared with

The Hongwu Emperor was much more diligent and incorruptible. Since he ascended the throne, unless he was sick, he went to the court twice a day.

Cloaked in stars to get up, the sun on three poles before retreating. Eat breakfast, either read a book or approve a recital. In the afternoon, he summoned his subjects again, and did not return to the palace to rest until twilight was dark,

It's already precious

。 ”

Fear of power being sidelined must be done

As he was speaking, the attendant reported that the emperor had arrived. Because of Liu Ji's clever calculations and rain, Zhu Yuanzhang specially came to reward him and gave two women to Liu Ji to take care of Liu Ji's living. Liu Ji did not dare to accept it, but he never accepted the house.

Liu Ji once said: "The important affairs of the military state are naturally to be personally handled by His Majesty; if you are a small matter, you may as well let the chancellor and Zhongshu Province handle it directly." The format of submission and folding of official documents should be simplified, and the habit of nonsense should be prohibited in order to reduce the labor of the dragon body. This is the ugly view of Wei Chen, I don't know if it is appropriate? ”

Liu Ji's words did not change Zhu Yuanzhang's principle of doing things.

He was afraid of power

He did not dare to let go of the affairs of The Minister and Zhongshu to deal with the official duties they should undertake, and they all personally inquired about everything. Unless he was sick, Zhu Yuanzhang always insisted on going to the court twice a day. Every night, he would think carefully about what he had done during the day, and if there was something inappropriate, he would immediately record it so that he could change it the next day.

However, the multiplicity of things, the multiplicity and lengthiness of internal and external twists and turns, finally made Zhu Yuanzhang intolerable. The system of writing that has been inherited from generation to generation is quite cumbersome, and the chapters written to the emperor are stacked on the bed frame, boots and hats, and the hats are even so large that the body is submerged. Rolling around in such a sea of literature all day long, I am afraid that no one can have patience.

On this night, a particularly bright meteor fell to the northwest horizon, and happened to be seen by Zhu Yuanzhang, at this time, Shaanxi came to play the report: Xiyue Huashan Peak, a huge rock suddenly collapsed. The meteorites of the heavens and the collapse of the mountains are the signs of heavenly calamities. Zhu Yuanzhang was worried in his heart, and immediately issued an edict and asked for a straight speech.

The emperor's call quickly received a positive response from inside and outside the imperial court. For a time, the music was full of twists and turns, and under the dragon room of the Hongwu Emperor, there was a pile of "blunt words" that were more than a foot high. After the early dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already very tired, still prostrated himself on the dragon case to see the folds, and he picked up a copy of the folds in his hand and looked at it, which was played by Ru Taisu, the chief of the Punishment Department. Because Ru Taisu's recital was written slowly and provocatively, the red tape and nonsense were tiresome, so Zhu Yuanzhang beat him to a board.

Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Song Lian to draw up a model, and in the future, he must act in accordance with the specifications in his writing and speech. With a unified format, the formulation of official documents, and the folding of narratives, no one dared to cliché and empty words, and the emperor's burden was also greatly reduced. But despite this, the number of recitals to be read every day is still staggering. Although Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was struggling to cope, for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, he would feel uneasy if he did not do so.