Once he put on the yellow robe, everything would be different from before.
There was no doubt about this.
From the moment Xiao Ruxun put on the yellow robe, he had felt the difference between heaven and earth.
To put it simply, as a commander-in-chief, he could only use military law to restrain his subordinates. Not only was it less effective, but the military law could only govern the army, not the officials. Everything had to be negotiated.
However, once he became the emperor, the combination of military power, financial power, personnel power, and lofty prestige would be unimpeded in this land, and no one would dare to oppose it.
After putting on the yellow robe, in addition to the three rules forbidding the destruction of the capital, Xiao Ruxun also issued another order. Now the whole military camp was busy with this matter.
All the red military flags were changed to black flags. The color of the military uniforms that the soldiers were currently wearing could not be changed, so they used a black scarf to wrap around their collars. This was to show that they were Xiao Ruxun's soldiers. The entire army was to do the same, even the cooks' unit and the transport soldiers had to do the same.
The black flag was written with the word "Qin".
On the surface, it seemed to be the order of Duke Qin, but the generals and close officials all understood what Xiao Ruxun meant.
However, after understanding Xiao Ruxun's meaning, someone raised a different opinion.
"Your Majesty, Shen Yicheng has disrupted the court, deposed the emperor, and now has committed regicide. His crime is extremely heinous, and the world is about to fall. Your Majesty's crusade against Shen Yicheng is in accordance with heaven's will, to prevent the disaster of war and to protect the people from suffering. Now the Daming Kingdom is no longer a kingdom and can no longer rule the land. Your Majesty's replacement is in accordance with heaven's will. Therefore, I think it seems a little inappropriate to use black as the color of the uniform."
The former assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, Chen Li, was one of the people who had been roped in with Han Qian. Given his professional orientation, it was natural for him to ask this question. Xiao Ruxun did not get angry. With a pleasant expression, he said, "According to the five virtues, Daming is the virtue of fire. I want to replace it with the virtue of water. Why not?"
Chen Li said slowly, "Daming is the fire virtue. If Your Majesty is the water virtue, then water restrains fire. Isn't that a little inappropriate? Why doesn't Your Majesty rule the world with virtue? This can also show His Majesty's benevolence and righteousness. "
Chen Li's meaning was that Great General should take advantage of the situation to proclaim himself Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. When the time came, he could force the young Emperor to abdicate the throne. From the time of Wang Mang, the Five Virtues Mutually Restraining Became Five Virtues Mutually Reinforcing Instead of Five Virtues Mutually Restraining Instead of Five Virtues Mutually Restraining Instead of Five Virtues Mutually Restraining Instead.
Can't we save some face?
Xiao Ruxun naturally understood what this meant.
Before Wang Mang, in the eyes of the Han, the changes of the dynasties were explained by the Five Virtues Mutually Restraining Instead of Five Virtues Mutually Restraining Instead. This was to determine the legitimacy of the dynasty.
Later, when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, in order to show his legitimacy, he accepted Liu Xiang and his father's more gentle Five Virtues Mutually Restraining Instead of Five Virtues Mutually Restraining Instead. He flaunted that his dynasty was born from the Han and was better than the Han. It was only right and proper to replace the Han. But it was of no use and was quickly overthrown by force.
However, this kind of saying was regarded as a good fig leaf by the Confucian school. They wanted face, status, and dignity. Even if they stole someone else's property, they couldn't say that they stole it. Instead, they had to say that they followed the will of the Heavens. Since the Heavens gave it to them, they had no choice but to accept it.
This sounded good.
This method continued until the Meng Yuan Empire conquered the Great Song Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion to overthrow the Meng Yuan Empire was another level of substitution.
Old Zhu hated Confucian scholars and didn't like those things. Plus, the Meng Yuan Empire was a foreign regime. Old Zhu felt that it was only natural for me to overthrow it. So he used the theory of five virtues to replace the metal of the Meng Yuan Empire with fire.
However, Xiao Ruxun's situation was different now. He could not openly proclaim that he was wearing the Yellow Robe. He could only say that he had to wait until he entered the capital to force the Emperor to abdicate. In this way, replacing him was still within the scope of the Emperor, and using the theory of the Five Virtues to promote each other to establish the new Virtues of the Empire would be more justifiable, wouldn't it?
At least in the future, the history books would not have to be fabricated.
What's more, the Confucian disciples hated the word 'Qin' the most. Everyone knew that the Confucians and Prime Minister Qin didn't like each other. Qin had the Legalists take over the government, and the Confucians were nothing more than trash talk. How could they like Qin?
Naturally, Chen Li didn't know that Xiao Ruxun wasn't interested in this from the bottom of his heart.
Xiao Ruxun liked Qin. He liked it very much. In every sense, he liked the meaning of the word Qin.
Moreover, the biggest obstacle was no longer there. He could take whatever virtue he wanted.
"Assistant Minister Chen's words are incorrect."
Zhou Yao suddenly stepped forward and said, "The Daming was stolen by a rebel, and the Emperor was reduced to a puppet. While it's said to be the Daming, in reality, it's Shen Yicheng who wields power and acts as he pleases. The Commander is crusading against Shen Yicheng, but the Daming has already lost all hope to Shen Yicheng's tyranny. If we take the Virtue of Earth, will the new Emperor be born from the Daming or Shen Yicheng? Could it be that the new Emperor was born from a rebel? "
Chen Li's eyes widened.
Why are you lying through your teeth?
It's not like Shen Yicheng had overthrown the Daming and proclaimed himself Emperor, so how could there be such a saying? Could he alone replace the Daming's Virtue of Fire?
What kind of joke was this?
Chen Li said in shock, "How could there be such a saying? I … "
"What you said makes sense! Your Majesty, this subject believes that Your Majesty is serving the Heavens to punish the rebels, to kill Shen Yicheng, to establish a new Emperor from the ruins, to subdue the enemy and achieve victory, you should take the Virtue of Water, not the Virtue of Earth! To show that our Daqin has vanquished all rebels in the world! "
Han Sheng suddenly interrupted Chen Li. Chen Li looked at Han Sheng in surprise, who was spouting nonsense. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
He didn't continue because everyone else stepped forward and agreed with Xiao Ruxun's suggestion to make the new Emperor the Virtue of Water.
They were all smart people. At this time, why are you going against the Emperor who has just decided to proclaim himself Emperor?
Right now, our new Emperor clearly doesn't intend to resolve this peacefully!
He wants to attack the city and build a new country from the ruins!
What are you thinking?
Han Sheng glared at Chen Li fiercely.
"Hahahaha, good, in that case, it's settled. Everyone, it's time to prepare to attack the city. The new Emperor must have a new atmosphere. Now it's the 25th of December in the 26th year of Wanli. In six days, it will be the New Year. I hope that when the New Year comes, the new Emperor will be born like the rising sun. Then, everyone will celebrate the New Year together in the capital."
Xiao Ruxun said.
Everyone understands that our new Emperor has decided to clean up the capital before the end of the year. Then, when the New Year comes, he will officially ascend the throne in the capital and announce the birth of the Daqin.
After the meeting was adjourned, Chen Li followed Han Sheng back to his tent.
"Shu Jie, why did you stop me? Shouldn't the new Emperor take the Virtue of Earth? Water restrains Fire. Isn't this clearly saying that we are rebelling to usurp the throne? How do you want the world to view the new Emperor? How do they view us? "
"Isn't it?"
Han Sheng stared at Chen Li. "Do you think our Emperor chose Qin as the name of the country just because he was conferred the title of Duke Qin? If he cared about this matter, he wouldn't have chosen Qin as the name of the country! "
"Isn't it?"
This time, it was Chen Li's turn to be confused.
"You are so stupid and bold! You don't think about other things at all. No wonder you agreed as soon as I persuaded you. You didn't think so much at all, did you? "
"How can I not think so much? What's the benefit of staying in Nanjing and being a loyal minister? I'm just an idle official when I'm old. It's better to follow the Emperor to the capital. Isn't it better now? We are all founding ministers! "
Chen Li whispered, "Isn't this the most important thing?"
"It's important, but you have to be clear that our Emperor has just decided to ascend the throne. Now is the time to establish prestige. You can't disagree with anything. You can raise objections, but you can't insist. If His Majesty insists on his opinion, you can't continue to argue. Do you understand?"
Han Sheng's face was full of anger.
Chen Li hesitated, but in the end, he nodded, indicating that he would not continue to insist.
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