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Why did Zhu Yuanzhang humiliate Song Lian and Yan Gong?

For thousands of years, in ancient times, Confucius thought has always been regarded as orthodox. Zhu Yuanzhang forced the Duke of Sick Banquet to congratulate him, which was a serious insult to Sven. Confucius has long said that the ideal state of governing the country is "those who are near will be happy, and those who are far away will come". How can you force others to come with violence as the backing? Why did Zhu Yuanzhang do this?

When reading the history of China, contemporary people often think that people under the rule of kings must be extremely lacking in dignity and unhappy every day, especially those literati with sensitive self-esteem. But the fact is that the literati in the old days didn't seem to feel how weak they were. Even facing a powerful king directly, they still think they must fight for joy, or even die in battle. Why is this strange phenomenon happening? That's because scholars in China are single-minded. This "tendon" is that they stubbornly believe that the "ruling system" is in the hands of the emperor, but the "ruling system" is in their own hands.

Song Lian is recognized as a great scholar and a hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. All the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty were formulated by Song Lian. Song Lian was the first choice for Zhu Yuanzhang to find a teacher for his son.

But in fact, Ming Taizu doesn't respect this "Miss Song". In the case of Song Lian's fake rebellion, he almost lost his head if he hadn't worked hard. Don't say this, we just need to look at Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation of Song Lian.

According to records, in AD, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Gui Yanliang, a Confucian scholar, and praised him in person, saying, "Only Confucian scholars in the south of the Yangtze River respect you." Gui Yanliang is very self-aware He didn't understand Zhu Yuanzhang's mind and quickly replied, "I'm not as good as Song Lian and Liu Ji." At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said from the heart: "Lian, the ear of a scholar; It's better to be too clear than too clear. The implication is that which of these two people deserves to be called "as big as"?

This passage is ostensibly a tribute to Gui Yanliang, but in fact it is a blow to Song Lian and Liu Ji, two recognized contemporary scholars, and denies their qualifications as Taoist inheritors. Does Zhu Yuanzhang really think that the unknown Gui Yanliang is a great scholar? Joke! Recognized scholars Liu Ji and Song Lian are not qualified in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. How does Yu Can get a piece of this?

Zhu Yuanzhang not only humiliated intellectuals who thought they were the inheritors of Taoism in spirit, but also relied on powerful state machines to coerce people who claimed to be Taoism to bow to the "ruling system" he represented. Shortly after he ascended the throne, he did a shocking thing, that is, forced the sick "banquet" to come to Nanjing to see him.

"Duke of Feast" is a knight title. It is the hereditary title of the direct descendant of Confucius, which has existed in all dynasties. The man who was made public by the court became the head of the Confucius family. A newly established regime rarely forced him to appear in court. It is not uncommon for the emperor to visit Confucius Temple after he ascended the throne.

It is recorded that in March of the first year of Hongwu, Xu Da captured Jining, Shandong. At this time, although the war is far from over, the new emperor has ascended the throne and the general trend has been set. It seems that Duke Kong Kejian didn't want the new regime to have any bad feelings for himself at all, so he quickly sent his son Kong Xixue to visit Xu Da. Xu sent someone to Nanjing to discuss with Kong, because his father could not come to offer condolences. Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy and gave a "hand message" to the banquet duke, apparently threatening the other party to "speak ill of him". Of course, the descendants of saints will appreciate the power of the word "no", and Kong Kejian will "fear all the way". Facts have proved that Kong Kejian did not lie. In the spring of Hongwu three years, he went home sick again and died on the road.

For thousands of years, in ancient times, Confucius thought has always been regarded as orthodox. Zhu Yuanzhang forced the duke of the sick banquet to congratulate him, which was a serious insult to Sven. Confucius has long said that the ideal state of governing the country is "those who are near will be happy, and those who are far away will come". How can you force others to come with violence as the backing? Why did Zhu Yuanzhang do this? From the perspective of the interests of things, Confucius has expressed a cooperative attitude. There is no need for him to do so. This will not bring him substantial benefits, but will only make scholars all over the world look askance. But since Zhu Yuanzhang did this, he must have his own abacus. I think what Zhu Yuanzhang needs is not only the attitude of the descendants of saints to the new regime he established. He humiliated all the symbols representing the old tradition in an open and rude way, just to let all scholars in the world know that it is impossible to read the old imperial calendar.