Chapter 169 Section 5 Those who dare to remonstrate with the Empress Dowager, die!

Although Li Si is unwilling to be the first bird, there are still many people who are willing to be the first bird.First, the doctor Chen Zhong remonstrated with Yingzheng about the Queen Mother.It is conceivable that for this admonishment, Chen Zhongding carefully prepared a large speech, which was righteous and eloquent, and he was determined to win.Unexpectedly, Ying Zheng didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and directly ordered someone to strip him of his clothes, put him on a thornbush, beat him and kill him, and put his body under the gate.Yingzheng ordered: "If anyone wants to remonstrate with the Empress Dowager, please regard this!"

The rut of the previous car, the lesson of the latter.With Chen Zhong's example in front of him, who else dares to defy the law?But what was unexpected was that when one Chen Zhong fell down, N Chen Zhong stood up.The ministers of the DPRK and China, like moths to a flame, risked their lives to remonstrate.Ying Zheng is also unequivocal, one will kill one, two will kill one pair, and he will never be soft-hearted. This killing took place from September in the ninth year of Yingzheng to March in the tenth year of Yingzheng. Twenty-seven people died before and after.Among the twenty-seven people, although most of them were supporters of Lu Buwei and the Empress Dowager, there were also some who truly cared about the country and the emperor, and who spoke out impartially.Twenty-seven people, the number is not small, went forward and continued, knowing that they could not do it and doing it, knowing that they would die but they died, it is not tragic, it is not tragic.Knowing or not knowing, who will not be hurt?Unheard of, long sigh.Lu Buwei and the Queen Mother, who lived behind the scenes, felt even more deeply. They could not help but feel sad and helpless as they watched these officials with high hopes, each of them beating dogs with meat buns.

The so-called death remonstrance and corpse remonstrance have occasionally appeared in previous history, but such a large-scale and organized death remonstrance was not the first of its kind until this time. Li Yun: "The courtesy of being a minister is not to show remonstrance. If you don't listen to three remonstrances, you will escape." Obviously, in the Book of Rites, dead remonstrance is neither encouraged nor advocated.Death remonstrance, as the final choice of a minister, is a last resort.However, regarding the evaluation of this behavior, the public can see the public, and the private can see private.

From the words of his public, those who are ministers, who want to facilitate the master and benefit the country, dare not resign and disobey, kill themselves and give birth to favor them.From this perspective, what we see is the glorious image of upholding the faith, and the awe-inspiring integrity despite death.But selfish words are blackmailing the owner and putting him in a dilemma. Killing him will cause unkind and unjust slander, and not killing him will be tantamount to admitting his mistakes and demolishing his prestige.On the side of dead admonishers, if admonishment succeeds, the world will be sensationalized and everyone will admire it, and if it fails, it may as well end up as an admonisher, a martyr, and an honorable name.

With such a large number of ministers who do not hesitate to risk their lives to correct the mistakes of the master, does Ying Zheng feel relieved or angry?Did he examine and judge the death remonstrance incident from a public or private perspective?About these, there is no record in the history books, and it is even more impossible to know today.But with the passage of time, the requirements for the way of being a minister are gradually changing.In the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei said to Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty: "If civil officials don't love money and military officials don't fear death, the world will be at peace." , this must be observed.) In other words, if the matter is serious and urgent, it is a courtesy for a minister, even if you die, it is okay.

Let alone whether it is worthwhile to die for Queen Mother Zhao Ji.What is puzzling is that Chen Zhong and others did not think about the consequences of admonishing, but they still went forward without hesitation.Why?Explained from a mathematical point of view, after admonition, whether to die or not to die is actually a matter of probability.Of course, the probability of death is quite high, but the probability of immortality cannot be said to be completely non-existent.We know that when rolling the dice, the more times the dice are played continuously, the higher the probability of the next dice being made small.In the same way, the more appealers Yingzheng kills, the lower the chance of the next appealer being killed and the higher the chance of surviving.The later advocates may have a mentality similar to that of a gambler. They will never give up and continue to bet. Maybe they will win it all back in the next hand?So lose more and more.That's why Lao Tzu said: Knowing one's contentment is not disgraceful, knowing one's stop is not perilous.

Of course, it is undoubtedly absurd and unkind to explain this sensational remonstrance incident with probability.What we need to know is: What is the reason that makes Chen Zhong and others regard death as home, and go on and on?