Chapter 23 The Great Debate
This matter cannot be made a big deal.
Then can it be suppressed directly? Just pretend that it never happened. In the words of the Great Xuan Court, it is "keep it in the middle and don't release it".
Yes and no.
It is because Lan Da Zhenren does have this power. For example, the last time the Wang family attacked Qi Xuansu, it was suppressed by the Heavenly Master.
It is not possible, the reason is more complicated.
Let's take the last incident as an example. The Heavenly Master suppressed it without any sequelae because the Wang family lacked the relevant power of the Jinque Center. At that time, the Li family was focusing on the Fenglinzhou war and needed the Zhang family. It was impossible to go against the Zhang family at this time. Not to mention Quanzhen Dao. So the Heavenly Master has no concerns. ..
For a case, there is a lot of flexibility in terms of how much it should be capped and where the bottom line is. The flexibility lies in one's heart. To put it bluntly, the case first talks about politics, then the impact, and finally the case.
The difference between this time and the last time is that we don't know who the opponent is for the time being, and we don't know whether the opponent lacks the support of the central power of Jinque. However, those who dare to target Qi Xuansu at this time are mostly a certain force in Jinque.
There are also routines for making trouble within the Taoist sect. Generally, a small pawn is sent out to raise questions first. The most common one is reporting, or some other means, such as publicly attacking, lifting the lid, etc., which are essentially probing. Then it is to follow up further, and carry out a series of behaviors such as fueling the flames, fanning the flames, and expanding. After the incident has become a hot topic and the world is in turmoil, the real mastermind behind the scenes will come forward and put forward a proposition on behalf of a certain force, forming a trend of forcing the palace.
If this is a probing move, it means that there are various follow-up moves behind it. In this case, directly suppressing this matter becomes a guilty conscience and weakness, or even a tacit acceptance of the content of the report.
If you don't do these things, then what are you suppressing?
This will put yourself in a passive position.
To put it bluntly, the means of suppressing can only be used to bully the weak. If it is an opponent of the same level, it will be useless. Therefore, the emperor can keep the ministers secret, and the superiors and subordinates can also do so, but there is no such saying among colleagues.
So it cannot be suppressed.
If it cannot be suppressed, and the impact must be minimized, some means must be used.
What means?
Zhang Yuelu really came up with a way. Before the matter officially fermented, use another thing to attract attention, such as the marriage of the first courtesan Li Qingnu, and it is best to make it known to everyone, from the Imperial Capital to the Jade Capital, from Fenglinzhou to Dongposuozhou, everyone knows it, everyone pays attention to Li Qingnu's affairs, and naturally no one pays attention to Qi Xuansu's affairs. This buys time.
When Li Qingnu's popularity has almost subsided, Qi Xuansu's affairs can also be investigated. After all, they are essentially slander, so it is relatively easy to find out.
At that time, the news that outsiders see is not "Qi Xuansu was reported by someone", but "Qi Xuansu was falsely accused". Although the two are essentially the same thing, the impact caused is very different.
Zhang Yuelu is upright, but that doesn't mean she is a fool. She still has the necessary means.
However, Li Qingnu's marriage is just an analogy. Li Qingnu is a member of the Taiping Dao, and Zhang Yuelu is a member of the Zhengyi Dao. She can't order Li Qingnu, so she has to think of another way to make it topical.
This makes Zhang Yuelu a little embarrassed.
Zhang Yuelu is not good at making up topics. She is better at investigating cases.
However, the mention of the case reminds Zhang Yuelu. Throughout the ages, various strange cases can also attract people's attention, especially those related to their own interests.
Zhang Yuelu is now the second deputy lord of the palace, in charge of the law, and she immediately asked people to transfer various files.
You don't know until you see it. There is really a special case recently.
Lingnan Daofu is different from Borneo Daofu. The latter is directly under the Daofu, while the former is located within the borders of Daxuan, so it is a parallel Daofu and government. This case is not handled by the Daofu, but a civil case handled by the local government. So Zhang Yuelu didn't know about this case beforehand. It wasn't until Zhang Yuelu wanted to look up the strange case today that he found this case in the files of the government.
The case was not complicated. A popular actress went to Lingnan to perform. During this process, she met and fell in love with a rich merchant's daughter. They even talked about marriage. In the end, the two of them became a couple in private. After the uncle of the rich merchant's daughter learned about this, he was very angry. He filed a lawsuit against the actress in court, claiming that he abducted a decent woman. The county magistrate immediately sent the yamen runners to take him away on their wedding night.
The case has now been sentenced. The result is that the county magistrate sentenced the case severely. The woman was sentenced to 200 slaps on the face and was sentenced to Pushantang to choose another marriage. The actress was sentenced to exile. The county magistrate was a Confucian, and the basis for the judgment was that the noble and the humble could not marry.
Because the actress was very famous, this case has caused some controversy.
There are mainly two groups. One is the "sympathy group", which sympathizes with the young couple's experience and believes that the woman's uncle and the villagers are really overstepping their authority. The other group is the "severe punishment group", which advocates that the couple should be severely punished for not observing etiquette and laws.
The focus of the two groups' debate is mainly on whether this judgment is reasonable. After all, Taoism has already emphasized equality, but the power of inertia is still huge, and the Confucian school's set is still deeply rooted in people's hearts. This led to a stalemate between the two groups.
Zhang Yuelu thought this case was interesting.
Her stance is consistent and she has always been critical of Confucianism, which was already reflected at the Three Religions Conference. In her view, a well-matched family is an objective fact, but a well-matched family cannot be equated with the non-intermarriage between good and bad. This is the difference between unspoken rules and explicit laws. The reason why unwritten rules are unspoken rules is that they are reasonable and there are also some What is unreasonable is that in the philosophy of Taoism, there is no saying that a Taoist priest will be expelled from Taoism because he marries a commoner or marries a commoner.
This Confucian county magistrate has obviously violated the Taoist spirit of equality. Everyone in the Taoist sect only dares to violate it secretly, but you dare to violate it openly. What do you want to do?
This gave Zhang Yuelu a reason to intervene. When it comes to spirit, concepts, ideas, and doctrines, they must be dominated by Taoism. The Daxuan court could not say anything more.
Zhang Yuelu felt that this case could be publicized through Qingping Bookstore and have an impact, leading to a national discussion on whether equality should be achieved and what equality is. Zhang Yuelu also set a tone that there is no high or low ability, and no high or low birth.
After Zhang Yuelu considered it carefully, he contacted Master Jiang Da.
Logically speaking, Master Pingzhang of Jiang Daren's status cannot be met if he wants to, let alone contact him if he wants to. However, Zhang Yuelu's identity is unusual. After all, he is one of the candidates for the Eighth Generation Grand Master. One, I still have some face. The sixth-generation disciples are also happy to show their approachable side in front of the younger generations.
The reason why Zhang Yuelu wants to contact Jiang Daren is because Qingping Bookstore is under the name of Zixiao Palace, and Jiang Dazhen is in charge of Zixiao Palace. This is not a matter of randomly arranging an author. It involves consciousness and philosophy, and he wants to let people Qingping Bookstore fully cooperated, and Jiang Daren had to come forward.
Regarding Zhang Yuelu's request, Jiang Dazhen was not embarrassed and agreed immediately.
Soon, a great debate began that swept most of the Eastern world.
What is equality? Should there be equality?
The two groups began to quarrel around the case of a famous actress marrying a wife, using the Dibao of Qingping Bookstore as the battlefield.
The second of these two questions is not originally a question. No one in Taoism or Confucianism dares to deny this. Naturally, they should be equal. This is the greatest correctness.
But the first point is very telling.
Different people have different opinions.
So the most discussed topic is: What is equality?
Everyone is equal, all things are equal, we are born equal, we die equal, this is all equality.
These equalities are not the same.
These discussions were a bit tepid at the beginning, but one person's final remarks brought the discussion directly into a fever pitch.
Qin Ling Pavilion.
He was born into a clan and carried the title of a prince, but he had no real power. Because he had lost his parents since he was a child, His Majesty the Emperor took him to the palace to educate him personally, and asked him to study with the bachelors together with the other princes. The royal family has always believed in Taoism. All the emperors of the past dynasties have held the title of Da Zhenren of Taoism, alongside the Grand Master. Members of the royal family believe in the Supreme Taoist Ancestor. Although they also study Confucian classics, they must focus on Taoism and supplement it with Confucianism. However, Qin Lingge was very obsessed with Confucianism and did not want to join the Taoist sect. He would rather give up his title as a prince and become a disciple of a Confucian priest. See the reading seeds.
After Qin Lingge joined the Confucian sect, he was recognized by the Confucian sect as a fairy and became the master of a cave. He has interacted with the three great priests of the Confucian sect, and all three great priests have taught them knowledge. Today, Qin Lingge is quite prestigious in the Confucian sect and has become the youngest grandmaster.
In addition, Qin Lingge was Zhang Yuelu's opponent at the Three Religions Conference.
Such a person came forward to participate in the discussion and immediately pushed the discussion to the top.
The key point is that Qin Lingge made a surprising statement. He did not discuss the second issue, but the first issue - whether there should be equality.
Qin Lingge said: "Equality? Some people need equality, some people don't need equality, they need to survive. For these people, equality is a luxury. Over the past many years, Taoism has tried to implant equality everywhere, but it has not worked. Once, because these places do not have the most basic foundation to support equality, can an equal country be established by overthrowing an old monarch and supporting a new leader?”
After Qin Lingge left the stage, Zhang Yuelu suddenly felt that the situation seemed to be a little out of control, and she had to leave the stage to refute Qin Lingge herself.
Invisibly, the debate has become more heated.
Even many great masters and great masters were alarmed.
At this point, no matter how much people with ulterior motives add fuel to the flames, who will pay attention to the report of a small chief deputy palace master? Now we are discussing Confucianism and Taoism! Compared to this, everything else is too small and insignificant.