The way of Confucius and Mencius, Mencius and Confucius stand side by side, why did Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, clear Mencius out of the Confucius Temple?

When Zu Yuanzhang was reading a book written by Mencius, he found a sentence that offended the imperial power. He felt very unhappy and felt that Mencius was not worthy of being in the Confucius Temple. So he ordered people to clear Mencius out of the Confucius Temple. What exactly are these words? This is the sentence we have learned in textbooks since childhood: "The people are the most important, the country is the second, and the king is the least."

The meaning of this sentence is that Mr. Mencius believes that the king of the country should put the lives and affairs of the people as the most important; then the country, the country, and the peace of the country; and finally the emperor himself. Work, as the emperor, you cannot put yourself first. In other words, the status of the common people is higher than that of the country and the country, and is more important than the emperor's own work. Only by putting the people first can the country develop permanently.

As we all know, ancient emperors were hereditary and were not allowed to ascend the throne. Of course, unless the dynasty is changed, the cost of changing the dynasty is relatively high, and it must have the support of many people. With strong military and financial resources, this war is likely to win the situation, but in the long history of our country, there was such an emperor who came from nothing and rose from the common people to the throne of the emperor. He was called the emperor without knowing it. Next, I can only rely on my own spirit of daring to open up the world. I want to say that everyone can guess which emperor. He is Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

According to historical records, in the first year of Hongwu (1368), General Xu Da attacked Jining, Shandong Province, while Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, belonged to Jining and Zhu Yuanzhang respectively. The hesitant Shandong Lord said that he could not get sick and only sent his son. Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he had been greatly insulted. Although he was suppressed repeatedly, he was angry and difficult to eliminate. He prepared a pile of books and gave him Shandong Lord. He said: "Although I come from the people, the ancients were called emperors by the people and were the ancestors of the Han people. There is a disease in the second eye, whether it is unknown or not.