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Li Qingzhao replied, "I am merely a technical official at the Hanlin Painting Academy."

"Political matters should not be discussed."

"This matter will be dealt with after the Emperor returns to the capital,"

"I will no longer interfere,"

“Please speak freely,” Zhao Yuan said.

Li Qingzhao said, "It's better...not to change."

"Every dynasty has its own virtuous fortune,"

"The Ming Dynasty should simply follow the trend,"

"There's no need to have an unpleasant falling out with the court officials over this."

Zhao Yuan shook his head firmly.

"The people are the foundation of the state; this is an established national policy."

"In the future, the Ming Dynasty will only care about the people's livelihood, not about the dynasty's moral character."

"If the people live well, then the Ming Dynasty is virtuous."

"When the people cannot survive, the Ming Dynasty loses its virtue."

"The fate of this nation is also coming to an end."

Li Qingzhao did not respond.

Instead, he looked at the emperor.

The emperor truly cares about the people!

.....

Zhao Yuan said he wouldn't concern himself with this matter.

That was obviously said in anger.

Do you really think Dean Zhu is a pushover?

On the third day after being rejected by the cabinet and the six departments,

Zhao Yuan began to summon the ministers one by one.

Zhang Gen was the first to be summoned.

Zhao Yuan asked directly,

"Does the Prime Minister believe Nader Yun's claims? Answer truthfully."

Zhang Gen said, "I don't believe it."

"Why was it rejected?" Zhao Yuan asked again.

Zhang Gen said, "I have no choice but to believe it."

"Why?" Zhao Yuan pressed.

Zhang Gen said, "It concerns the authority and tradition of the dynasty and the emperor."

"We absolutely need this."

Zhao Yuan asked, "Is it alright if I don't have one?"

Zhang Gen replied, "It would be even better if we had it."

"understood,"

Zhao Yuan asked again,

"Does the Prime Minister believe in the theory of divine intervention?"

Zhang Gen did not give a direct response.

Instead, they used Emperor Huizong of Song as an example.

"The tyrannical Emperor Zhao Ji could sense the connection between Heaven and Man every year and every month."

Zhao Yuan asked, "Last year, the Yangtze River flooded,"

"It can be passed on to Zhao Ji."

"How will we explain this to the people if there are floods again in the future?"

"Is it I who have lost my virtue, or my ministers?"

Zhang Gen said, "The yin energy is too strong."

"Excessive Yin energy?"

Zhao Yuan didn't understand.

Zhang Gen explained: "All things in heaven and earth are born from the two energies of Yin and Yang."

"When Yin and Yang are out of balance, disasters and calamities will occur."

"The way to govern is to achieve moderation and harmony."

"When Yin and Yang are in harmony, the world is at peace."

This idea was a new invention from the Song Dynasty.

It is a completely new version of the interaction between Heaven and Man.

What natural disasters or anomalies occurred during the Han and Tang dynasties?

That must be due to the misconduct of those in power.

What natural disasters or anomalies occurred during the Song Dynasty?

This can be explained as an imbalance of Yin and Yang.

The emperor is definitely not wrong.

It's most likely because of a villain.

Because there are too many villains.

Therefore, yin energy accumulates.

This leads to an imbalance of Yin and Yang.

Expel the treacherous officials from the court.

The yin energy then weakens.

Yin and Yang are then in harmony.

The country will then be stable.

As for who is the villain?

It depends on the specific circumstances.

Chapter 1875 Believe in Fate?

They sent Zhang Gen away.

Zhao Yuan then summoned the other cabinet ministers.

The statements are all very similar.

But I dare not be as blunt as Zhang Gen was.

These guys don't believe it.

Yet, the world must believe it.

It's actually a means of control.

Li Bangyan appears to be somewhat unique.

In response to Zhao Yuan's question, Li Bangyan said,

"I am too foolish to fathom this matter."

"But I have heard that when the Holy Emperor takes the throne, his virtue and fortune naturally descend."

"Your Majesty is a blessed person,"

"Whether you believe or not, you are blessed with good fortune."

Zhao Yuan asked, "If I do not determine the fortunes of this dynasty,"

"And what will happen then?"

Li Bangyan said, "Whether it is fixed or not, virtue and fortune are in their own hands."

"The emperor's fortune may be uncertain,"

"Then one can disregard destiny,"

"Your Majesty, I will obey all your commands."

"I was not involved in the cabinet's rejection."

That guy's a slippery character.

Directly state that you are willing to obey.

However, it was also emphasized that the Ming Dynasty was definitely blessed by good fortune.

After listening to the cabinet's opinion,

Zhao Yuan was too lazy to summon them one by one.

He summoned Xiao Chu, Huang Shang, and Hu Anguo directly.

Huang Shang, who spent ten years compiling the Daoist canon,

He actually seemed very excited.

"The Yellow River produced a map, the Luo River produced a book,"

"This is a bizarre and heretical doctrine!"

"The Five Elements and their corresponding virtues are utter nonsense."

"When a sage emperor governs the country, he should follow the classics and uphold righteousness."

"Do not believe those empty words."

Zhao Yuan smiled.

"Why do you object so much, my dear minister?"

Huang Shang stood up excitedly and said,

"In the early years of the Song Dynasty, which learned scholar did not oppose these ideas?"

"I am a student of the *I Ching*, and the achievements of the Song dynasty's *I Ching* scholarship..."

"That is to deny the apocryphal and prophetic interpretations of the Han Dynasty's Book of Changes!"

Even the incompetent Emperor Huizong of Tang was so obsessed with auspicious omens.

"Remove all solar and lunar eclipses from the concept of the interaction between heaven and man!"

From the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty,

Until Emperor Huizong ascended the throne,

The theory of the interaction between Heaven and humanity has been continuously undermined.

On the one hand, the influence of disasters is stripped away.

On the one hand, Yin and Yang are introduced as a supplement.

The New Book of Tang, compiled in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty.

This is clearly demonstrated.

This book breaks with the thousand-year tradition since the Book of Han.