nownovels Chapter 274: Who Has The Final Say About Fate, Providence, And Disasters? [Please Subscribe, Please
Chapter 274: Who Has The Final Say About Fate, Providence, And Disasters? [Please Subscribe, Please
Upon hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to give him a specific delay time for heaven to respond to the emperor, Liu Sanwu on the high platform immediately turned red and hesitated, unable to answer.
How could he give the specific delay time for God to respond to the emperor?!!
Let alone him, basically none of the Confucian masters, Confucian students, and literary students present could offer anything.
They just know how to use changes in the sky, disasters, or the words of the Saint to advise the king or seek their own interests, thereby providing a theoretical basis that can convince the king or others.
When it comes to God, changes in the sky, disasters, and the specific delay time of God's response, they know their god!!!
They do understand some of the Saint's language, but not much.
It turns out that Confucianism's "My Commentary on the Six Classics" tries not to incorporate personal thoughts and tries its best to explain the original meaning of Saint contained in the Six Classics.
Now it has long become the "Six Classics Commentary" among many Confucian scholars, borrowing the words of Saint from the Six Classics to explain their own ideas.
As for whether this is the original meaning of Saint, it doesn't matter.
Looking at Liu Sanwu who was hesitating, Yan Changqing continued to ask with a gentle face:
"There is another question. You said that God delays responding to the emperor's words and deeds."
"Then if the emperor is fatuous and implements harsh government, which will lead to the growth of evil spirits, disharmony between the upper and lower levels, and the imbalance of yin and yang, heaven will send corresponding disasters to condemn the emperor."
"But if it happens that when heaven sends disasters to punish the emperor, the emperor will wake up and implement virtuous government again."
"So, is this disaster caused by the emperor's past stupidity and harsh government?!!"
"Or is it a response to the 'virtuous policy' that the emperor has just implemented?!!"
"Between the two, who can prove and who can be sure that the disaster was caused by the emperor's past stupidity and harsh government, rather than the 'virtuous government' that the emperor just implemented?!!"
"What if the emperor's 'virtuous government' is also another kind of harsh government in the eyes of God, so it just sent down disasters to condemn the emperor?!!"
"Or maybe the emperor's 'virtuous government' is also a kind of 'harsh government' in the eyes of other ministers."
"Do you have to say that the disasters originally brought down by God because of the emperor's stupidity and harsh government in the past are actually disasters sent down by God in response to the 'virtuous government' implemented by the emperor now?!!"
"In this case, who's right?!!"
"After all, God can't speak, it can only send disasters blindly!"
"Whether it is the disaster caused by the harsh government of the past or the current 'virtuous government', it has never been clearly stated!!!"
"Under such circumstances, who can truly determine the cause of the disasters sent down by heaven?!!"
"Is it me?!! Or you?!!"
"If I say that this disaster is coming, it is God's condemnation of the emperor. The country has sycophants. Let the emperor kill you as a sycophant. (bhcd)"
"Then you are really a sycophant, and does the emperor really want to kill you?!"
"Similarly, if you say that this disaster is coming, God is condemning the emperor. The country has a sycophant, so the emperor should kill me, a sycophant."
"Then I am really a sycophant, and does the emperor really want to kill me?!"
"But what if the reason why God sent this disaster is actually to remind the emperor that the country has an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and traitor family, the Kong family, and let the emperor punish them?!"
"If this is the case, wouldn't you and I misinterpret God's will and destiny and kill Zhongliang unjustly?!"
"Or maybe you and I know clearly that God sent this disaster because of the Confucius family, but in order to win the victory in the criticism of the clique, we deliberately misinterpret the fate and disaster."
"At this time, who can bring order to the chaos?!"
"Actually, the only thing I want to ask is - who has the final say about God's will, destiny, and disaster?!!"
"Please sir, give me a clear answer."
"In this way, we can prevent some people with evil intentions from deliberately misinterpreting the destiny, providence, and disasters, and then do things that are disloyal and unambitious!!!"
After saying that, Yan Changqing slightly cupped his hands and looked like he was cleaning his ear mounds.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the high platform at the other end, also suppressed the smile on his face at this time, looked at Liu Sanwu calmly and majestically and said:
"I also want to know the answer to this question."
“Who has the final say about God’s will, destiny, and disaster?!!”
Hearing Yan Changqing's repeated questions and Zhu Yuanzhang's vaguely implicit questions, Liu Sanwu sweated on his forehead and couldn't help but take two steps back.
None of Yan Changqing’s questions are easy to answer, and some of them are even impossible to answer!
Because once you answer, it means you are overstepping your bounds.
But in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang's clear request for an answer, he could not help but answer.
Finally facing Zhu Yuanzhang's majestic gaze, Liu Sanwu bowed and replied:
"Your Majesty is the son of God, and it is natural for Your Majesty to have the final say on God's will, destiny, and disasters!!!"
No matter what thoughts and answers Liu Sanwu had in his mind, this answer at this moment was the only answer that could be used to answer Zhu Yuanzhang.
Because the other answers are all arrogance, disrespect, and treacherous intentions!!!
"If the emperor is foolish and implements tyranny, it will cause disasters from heaven, but His Majesty does not think that this is a disaster aimed at his tyranny."
"At this time, does the emperor still have the final say on God's will, destiny, and disasters?!!"
"Don't the ministers advise, object, and bluntly say that the disaster is caused by the emperor's harsh government?!!"
“If you don’t advise, object, or speak out, are you violating your duty as a minister?!!”
Yan Changqing did not let Liu Sanwu go, looking like he was breaking the casserole to get to the bottom of the matter.
Faced with Yan Changqing's questioning, Liu Sanwu sweated even more on his forehead and said with some stumbles:
"If...the emperor is fatuous and implements tyranny, then it is natural to admonish the emperor to abolish tyranny and implement virtuous government."
Yan Changqing smiled and said:
"In other words, if the emperor stubbornly believes that the disasters brought by heaven are not caused by the harsh government implemented by him, then the ministers will advise him, and the serious disasters are caused by the harsh government implemented by the emperor."
"Doesn't it mean that the ministers can understand and explain the meaning of destiny, providence, and disasters just like the emperor?!!"
Faced with Yan Changqing's last heartbreaking words, Liu Sanwu shook his head and firmly denied it:
"The ministers only admonished the emperor because of his stupidity and harsh government. It was not because of any disasters, nor did they understand the meaning behind destiny, providence, and disasters like the emperor."
Hearing this answer, the smile on Yan Changqing's face became more obvious. After talking for so long, he finally brought the topic to the direction he wanted.
"In this case, why did the Northern Song Dynasty Shenzong Wang Anshi's reform coincide with a severe drought in the world [but the officials remonstrated that Song Shenzong said that it was because of Wang Anshi's reform that the disaster had not yet come? [!"
"Also during the entire Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, all the emperors of the Song Dynasty issued a total of 241 "Edicts on Sin".
"Behind every "Edict of Sin" is a group of ministers admonishing the emperor for a certain state policy that was immoral, which led to disasters from heaven.'
"The disaster was brought down by God because of something, and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, the son of God, has not yet revealed the news he received from God.
"The ministers already knew before the emperor why the disaster was caused by heaven, and they asked the emperor to issue the "Edict of Sin"!!!"
"From this point of view, it seems that the interpretation of the meaning of destiny, providence, and disasters is not decided by the emperor, but by the ministers.
"If the destiny, providence, and the meaning behind disasters are all decided by the ministers, then is it the emperor who is the 'son of heaven' or the ministers who are the 'sons of heaven'?!!
"I don't know how to explain this, sir?!"
Yan Changqing used the gentlest tone as he watched Liu Sanwu and others say the most heart-wrenching words.
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