The short videos I watched from all dynasties

Chapter 313: The upper part is not right, the lower part is not right

[Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che: Officials pretend to obey but secretly disobey, corruption and bribery are rampant despite repeated prohibitions!!!]

[Tang Taizong Li Shimin: We can only clean up the bad habits, but there will always be greedy people among us…]

[Ming Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang: Extreme punishment! Torture! Skin them all and stuff them with straw!]

[Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: I don't need officials who pretend to obey but actually disobey. If they can't implement the policies obediently, then they should leave their heads behind.]

[Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin: Well, the law should still be strict and not too lenient. The supervisory body should select people who are honest and upright.]

[Wang Anshi, the fourth year of Song Xining: Hmm, it seems that the problem of officials has always been a difficult problem. The effect can only be temporary and not permanent. It is difficult to maintain it.]

[Yu Qian in the fifth year of Ming Jingtai: After reading the controversy in the Guangmu comments, I want to know more about Hai Rui]

[Zhuge Liang, 2nd year of Zhangwu in the Later Han Dynasty: I agree. Hai Rui is truly a clear stream in the turbidity of the whole court]

[Fan Zhongyan in the first year of the Qingli Period of the Song Dynasty: People who are more controversial, regardless of their ability or not, are always worth a detailed description of Guangmu]

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The Qin Dynasty attached great importance to the law, and the content of the video played on the light screen this time made them extremely vigilant.

It wasn't long since the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, and many people still hadn't fully adapted. If it was true as the light curtain said, after a hundred years, all order would gradually collapse, then what could they do now?

At the same time, they closely followed the comment of Wang Anshi, a man from the Song Dynasty. "One moment, not a lifetime. If you want to maintain..." What should you do?

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Ming Dynasty, the 27th year of Jiajing

“It’s quite controversial.”

The content on the video screen was consistent with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Houcong suddenly realized at this time that he had been addicted to it for a long time...

Most of the censors of the Inspectorate who were criticized by the light curtain felt ashamed. Although they looked as if they had nothing to blame, they still felt ashamed of their past actions.

"Is Hai Rui really that honest?"

Some people are not convinced and think that Hai Rui must be a person who is seeking fame and reputation, and may be a person with incompetence and full of pedantic words.

Guangmu did not say anything more about what happened to Hai Rui, and they had no way of knowing the answer for the time being.

Hai Rui, who had long since put down his book and was concentrating on looking at the screen, was not affected by the comments.

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【As a way of governing a country, etiquette refers to rituals and systems. The etiquette system is a code of conduct advocated by the government and should be followed by both the emperor and the people.

Etiquette is the "great power of the emperor", the code of conduct and status, and an important means to maintain the ruling order of imperial power.

"When Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty first unified the country, he had no time for other matters, so he first set up two departments, namely ritual and music, and recruited many senior scholars to study the subjects." Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the ritual system, but ritual as one of the means of governing the country did not play the role that Zhu Yuanzhang expected.

The Plum in the Golden Vase was written in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, more than 200 years ago. The restraining effect of etiquette has become quite limited. It is all empty and superficial, with more emphasis on form than substance. The Plum in the Golden Vase describes many seemingly solemn and licentious things that happened between etiquette and morality.

The Ming Dynasty was very particular about etiquette, and the officialdom was also very particular about rank. There were also regulations for the common people to meet each other, emphasizing the seniority and the inferiority. Daily life was full of red tape. But this was actually a hidden means of domestication. People constantly deepened their identity in the day-to-day hierarchical behavioral norms and gradually developed self-restraint.

The above is an ideal effect. At least in the middle and late Ming Dynasty as reflected in Jin Ping Mei, the above moral order was not established. It was of no practical help in eliminating official corruption and saving the world and people's hearts. Few people in the folk would abide by it, and people's relationships were based on money and interests.

The etiquette of the common people and the rituals of the royal courtiers.

Zhu Yuanzhang hoped that the emperor should set an example for the people of the world. However, judging from the various behaviors of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, most of them only observed etiquette on the surface, and many of them violated etiquette.

First of all, Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty was also an emperor who attached great importance to etiquette. After the Jingnan Campaign, he first entered Nanjing City and paid homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum before entering the palace. However, Zhu Di's act of raising troops to rebel could not be regarded as legitimate. Because Emperor Jianwen and he were actually the monarch and his subject, and the monarch and his subject were the great etiquette.

During the Jiajing reign, a major ceremonial event occurred as soon as Emperor Shizong ascended the throne. Emperor Wuzong died without an heir, and his cousin, Prince Xingxian's eldest son Zhu Houcong, succeeded to the throne. Zhu Houcong wanted to honor his biological parents, so the focus of the dispute between the monarch and his subjects was how to give Zhu Houcong's biological parents status.

In the third year of Jiajing, all the ministers who disobeyed the emperor were either forced to retire, imprisoned, or beaten to death. This fierce dispute over etiquette ended with the emperor's power prevailing over etiquette.

The Jingnan Campaign was an extreme act of trampling on rituals and usurping the throne, but the Great Etiquette Incident clearly tore off the fig leaf of the conflict between the monarch and his subjects and announced to the world: the imperial power is supreme and power is greater than rituals.

The entire Ming Dynasty was dominated by the strong and respected power. 】

＜In novels about traveling back to the Ming Dynasty, unless the traveler is a person with the surname Zhu, the rest of the time travelers will definitely save Empress Ma, Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and Zhu Biao's son Zhu Xiongying... The reason for this is because of the ritual system ＞

＜Is that so? I thought it was because these three people were very important to Lao Zhu [covering face] Sorry, I only saw the benefits [laughing and crying]＞

＜Emperor Jiajing destroyed the ritual system, but for him, he was the winner and completely held the power in his own hands. I admire him very much. He entered the palace at the age of fifteen and fought against the old foxes in the previous dynasty and the harem＞

＜After watching that TV series, I find Jiajing quite charming [covering face]＞

＜I feel helpless and pity towards Jiajing. He is really smart! I really want him to stop practicing Taoism! Don’t practice Taoism! Don’t practice Taoism! I looked up his information and saw that he used women’s menstrual blood to make elixirs... I really... [vomit] Don’t practice everything.＞

＜The more polite you are, the more you like the hypocritical performance＞

＜It clearly tells everyone that the power to formulate and interpret rituals lies entirely in the hands of the emperor, and both rituals and laws must fully serve the emperor's will. No wonder the Ming and Qing dynasties were the peak of imperial power.＞

＜After this explanation, I feel that the so-called royal etiquette, the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects, and the etiquette between common people are all full of strong performance meanings, and they are all acting……＞

＜I remember that before Emperor Wanli became disenchanted with attending court, he often had to attend various tedious ceremonies, and he was happy to perform such a monarch image... But such a person neglected government affairs after taking power. Sure enough, the ritual system became completely perfunctory, and the upper and lower levels were also mixed＞

＜I guess Wanli was pushed too hard, and after Zhang Juzheng's death, he completely let himself go and found it difficult to discipline himself. It can be said that Wanli's revival was entirely due to Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng accounted for most of Wanli's achievements＞