Chapter 26                                                             �

The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty had always been in full martial arts in the main hall, with glorious deeds of snatching gold hammers and killing people. Seeing Xiong Jia like this, Zhou Mengchen couldn't help but take a few steps back and secretly reviewed whether it was a bit too much.

But there is no way?

Zhou Mengchen naturally could not debate with Xiong Jia about the way of heaven and man.

Zhou Mengchen's level of Confucianism was still a little bit after the rebirth of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that he had just started. Can he argue with someone like Xiong Jia who has been immersed in his life? It is impossible. It is best to introduce the other party to the field of his own expertise to argue.

But how to introduce the other party into the field you are good at will naturally have to find a way.

Zhou Mengchen used the method of provoking generals.

It was only after he said it, he realized that the words were too heavy.

This is also different vocabulary, and there are different acceptances in different eras.

The so-called "I am wrong, it's God, it's just that, it's not me, it's wrong, it's the whole world. This is another way of saying "I am wrong".

But in the Ming Dynasty, this heaven had more meanings. The simplest one was the emperor. Using heaven to borrow the emperor was the most commonly used method.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen's words clearly sounded to Xiong Jia. Xiong Jia wrongly advised the emperor that what the emperor did was right and what he did was wrong. This was completely unacceptable to Xiong Jia.

In order to persuade the emperor, Xiong Jia almost gave up his official position, and now he is still insulted. There is a child who is in court to argue, which is already aggrieved enough. He still says he is wrong. How could Xiong Jia not be furious?

Although Zhou Mengchen felt that speaking was a bit heavy, one step behind Zhou Mengchen was in a deep abyss. He could only advance, not retreat. As for other accidental injuries, he couldn't care about it.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Don't Lord Xiong understand?"

"Okay." Huang Jin said: "I still want to use force but can't do it. This is Wenhua Palace."

Huang Jin's words meant he was the emperor.

The ministers naturally dare not act rashly.

After this, Zhou Mengchen spoke first and said, "Mr. Xiong, don't think I'm talking nonsense. I won't mention the eclipse between the sun and the moon for now. Let's just talk about one thing. A comet appeared in the leap month of the tenth year of Jiajing. How did it discuss at that time?"

"The Lord has no descendants, and he ordered His Majesty to pay tribute to the founding heroes, Liu Ji, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Tang He, and Deng Yuhou."

"Is there any such thing?"

Xia Yan frowned and said, "Why is there any mistake in this matter?"

Zhou Mengchen said to Xia Yan: "There is indeed a mistake."

To be honest, the reason why Zhou Mengchen used this matter to tell things is that the distance is far enough now.

After all, Xia Yan and Yan Song served as Minister of Rites one after another, and this matter was too close, which involved two big bosses.

In September of the tenth year of Jiajing, Xia Yan became the Minister of Rites. Zhou Mengchen could use the celestial phenomena in June of the tenth year of Jiajing to explain things.

This is why Xia Yan asks about this.

After all, the transfer of senior officials is not a sudden incident. Several months before the transfer, they are prepared.

Among all the people here, Xia Yan is qualified to be old and knows the things that happened back then best.

Zhou Mengchen said: "I have seen this star when I was a child. I am most concerned. I have been thinking about it over the years. I have finally confirmed something after my research. After my studies, I have finally confirmed that this comet appears every 76 years, which means that this comet revolves around the sun every 76 years."

"If you don't believe it, please read these records."

While speaking, Zhou Mengchen escaped from his body and pulled out a piece of paper from the stack of papers. The above list was the time when this comet appeared. From the tenth year of Jiajing, it was the seventh year of Jingtai, the eleventh year of Hongwu, and then the first year of King Wu's attack on Zhou.

Not bad for a year.

I have to say that the information on the Imperial Heaven Supervision of the Ming Dynasty is complete.

It is no trouble to collect Zhou Mengchen.

That's right, this meteor is the famous Halley Comet. Of course, it shouldn't be called Halley Comet in this era.

There is a lot of information in Zhou Mengchen's sleeve, and he will use it when he encounters different situations. Zhou Mengchen understands very well that no matter what, the facts are his greatest support. These are the evidence he used to defend.

After passing this piece of information, I don’t know who said, “Isn’t this fake?”

"No." A high-ranking official in red robe said: "I read it. Most of these records are correct. I just scattered in various books. I don't know whether they are true or false."

This is what he said, and Xu Jie, a Hanlin Academician, opposed Zhang Cong's politics when he was young. He was thrown into the local area from a toast Tanhualang for more than ten years. He was transferred to Fujian, Jiangxi and other places. He also had rich local experience. Later, he followed Xia Yan's path and ended his release and returned to the Hanlin Academy.

The reason why Xia Yan promoted Xu Jie was very simple. Xia Yan was tortured to the throne before he could get to power. He was not harmonious with Zhang Cong. The person Zhang Cong hated was Xia Yan's people. Moreover, when Xu Jie was in Jiangxi, he also contacted and made many locals in Jiangxi. They said good things in front of Xia Yan, so Xia Yan naturally helped.

Although it is not said that Xu Jie and Xia Yan are very close, there is no problem saying that Xu Jie is Xia Yan's person.

Of course, this was the first time that Zhou Mengchen and Xu Jie met. Zhou Mengchen didn't even know that the official in front of him was Xu Jie.

Xiong Jia said, "Since Shaohu said there is no problem? Then there is no problem." Then Xiong Jia said, with a little stubborn mouth, "What can this mean?"

Xu Jie read a lot of books in the Hanlin Academy, has a lot of knowledge and good character, and Xiong Jia also knows it. Since Xu Jie spoke, it means that the things Zhou Mengchen took out were definitely not forged.

Zhou Mengchen said: "The sky hangs on the elephant and the saints do it. The sky ranks its stars, the earth ranks its order, and the four seasons are arranged. This is the heart of the ancient saints and the saints that serve Your Majesty. It is originally a matter of duty. The theory of heaven and man is just a response to the order of heaven, and the way of harvesting and hiding in autumn. Boring people do not understand the principles of heaven, and they do not understand the principles of heaven. They send the celestial phenomena to the sayings of ghosts and gods. They must know the words of the saints, outside the six combinations, and they are also respectful to ghosts and gods and distance themselves. Now, the scholars and officials are moved and the heavenly phenomena are warnings, and they do not know what their mind is?"

After hearing this, Yang Shoujing almost jumped up. But when he saw the people present, he forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart and calm himself down.

Nothing else, Zhou Mengchen said, putting the Imperial Heaven Supervision in a very high position.

When putting it with the ancient saints, you should know who the ancient saints are here? Fuxi, Huangdi, etc., because the emergence of ancient Chinese calendar itself is closely related to ancient mythological figures. However, in recent years, the Imperial Heaven Supervision has become increasingly useless and has long become a marginalized yamen.

From the third-rank yamen where the founding of the country has become a fifth-rank yamen, which may be even lower in the future.

But now Yang Shoujing felt the rise of the Imperial Heavenly Prison,

After hearing Zhou Mengchen's words, Xiong Jia said in his heart: "I underestimated this kid."

Xiong Jia never felt that his opponent was Zhou Mengchen. He thought that his opponent was the emperor. Zhou Mengchen was just a chess piece taken out by the emperor. So before he came, he did not make much preparations. At this moment, Zhou Meng attacked him in a row, and seemed to be trapped in the rhythm of Zhou Mengchen.

What Zhou Mengchen said at this moment was still unpleasant. But Xiong Jia calmed down instead.

For example, Zhou Mengchen's words actually imply that the literati and officials of the Ming Dynasty used celestial phenomena as weapons to check and balance the power of the monarch. In fact, many ministers themselves did not believe in the response of heaven and man, but they wanted the emperor to believe it. There was nothing else, the monarch's power was great, and there were very few ways for literati and officials to use to check and balance the power of the monarch.

Only the only way is to raise the theory of the response of heaven and man.

This also hit Xiong Jia's pain point. According to Zhou Mengchen, Xiong Jia became a traitor who cholera with the hearts of people with celestial phenomena. However, after Xiong Jia returned to normal, he didn't care at all. In fact, when civil officials criticized each other, there were many more unpleasant things than this.

Xiong Jia sneered and said, "The sky is unpredictable, who can know it all? I just have a little bit of gain, and I think that by looking at the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, I can see where the heart of heaven is. It's really ridiculous. Apart from being arrogant and not knowing, I can't see anything else? There are so many stars in the sky that cannot be counted. Can you all make it one by one?"
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