Chapter 35 Chapter Four: The First Great Debate in the History of the Qing Dynasty

After Yongzheng received the report, he finally knew that his image in the hearts of the world had been described so badly and unbearably. He was very angry, so he decided to bring Zeng Jing to the court to have a theory with Zeng Jing face to face.He can't tolerate others describing him as a bad person, so he must convince Zeng Jing to prove that he is a good person. The result was unexpected. When Zeng Jing was dragged to the court, he had been beaten to the point of bewilderment, and he had completely lost his self-awareness. He had no other abilities except kowtow and howl when meeting.Yongzheng successfully won the great victory of this court debate.

The topic of the debate between Yongzheng and Zeng Jing was: who is suitable to be emperor?Zeng Jing said: The emperor should be made by scholars and intellectuals, how can it be passed down from generation to generation by the emperor's family?If no matter how capable they are, as long as they belong to the emperor's family, they can sit on the throne of the emperor, which is a tease to the people of the world.So the best person should be selected to be the emperor. Yongzheng is going to prove: the emperor should be made by me, not you.His method of argument is also very simple, after two strokes of the court, Zeng Jing became honest and gave up.

After Zeng Jing conceded defeat, Yongzheng did another very bizarre thing.He ordered all the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty to line up to interrogate Zeng Jing, and everyone had to be interrogated once.Why did Yongzheng do this? Because in his consciousness, he is a good person, Zeng Jing is against him, so Zeng Jing is a bad person, he wants everyone to realize how bad this bad person is.At that time, the court was in chaos, and everyone lined up to be the interrogator.Zeng Jing was interrogated by these hundreds of officials, her mind was completely blank, and her consciousness was completely mechanized.

After that, Yongzheng did another strange thing that surprised people. He gave Zeng Jing and Zhang Xi a gong and a drum, and organized a team, which is called a tour lecture group in today's words.Let these two walk through the streets and alleys, beating gongs and drums, and when they reached a certain place, they stood up and gave a speech: Come and see, folks, I am the biggest villain in the world, and I even attacked the wise majesty. Your Majesty is a good man and has no flaws. Behind these two people was a group of officers and soldiers. Their daily expenses and food were all arranged by the state, so they traveled around the world and gave lectures for two years.

Finally, Yongzheng specially compiled a book about these incidents called "Dayijue Milu", which was widely printed and distributed, telling the world: I, Yongzheng, am not a bad person, but a good person. Originally, many people didn't know some secrets, but after reading "Da Yi Jue Mi Lu", they realized that this was the case.For example, there is a wonderful joke: Yongzheng's enthronement imperial decree originally read "pass to the fourteen sons", but Yongzheng added a horizontal line and changed it to "pass to the fourth son".This joke was actually said by Yongzheng himself and told the common people in the world. "Da Yi Jue Mi Lu" was actually his own secret, so Qianlong later ordered the book to be burned and banned.