Today's court meeting is very lively!

Lan He's voice "As soon as you have something to do, and retreat to the court without anything to do" just landed, Kong Yingda stood up with a "cough cough" sound.

Li Shimin, sitting on the imperial throne, couldn't help frowning, knowing that his troubles were coming.

He, the emperor, naturally knew very well what happened outside.

The day before yesterday, he also went to the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty and learned why Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda supported haircuts.

Aren't you afraid of losing your health in the evening?

But after listening to their reasons, although Li Shimin did not strongly support him, he would never object.

I don’t support it because Li Shimin knew that this haircut would definitely cause a huge response.

Whether it is the court or the people, most of them are definitely opposed.

As a child today, even if he knows that cutting hair is beneficial, he will not express his support clearly.

To a certain extent, this is also an imperial technique.

Of course, since you already know that cutting your hair is beneficial, Li Shimin will definitely not strongly object.

At most, he just like an intermediary and said a few irrelevant words there.

"Your Majesty, I impeach His Highness the King of Chu, impeach Guanshishan Academy, impeach the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty, impeach all those who cut their hair, their bodies, their skin, and their parents, and they cut off their hair without their parents' consent. That is an unfilial act.

Since the Han Dynasty, the dynasty has advocated filial piety and filial piety, and our Tang Dynasty is no exception. Regarding these acts that blatantly violate filial piety, the empress docs believe that the court should be strict, severe, and punished quickly, so as not to corrupt the atmosphere of our Tang Dynasty and lay a major hidden danger for the development of the Tang Dynasty."

Sure enough, Kong Yingda mentioned the matter of cutting her hair as soon as she came out.

He was first the descendant of the Kong family, and then the priest of the Imperial College.

No matter which role he is in, he has no reason to support hair cutting.

Of course, under the threat of "leaving your head but not leaving your hair, leaving your law but not leaving others", the people of the Kong family obediently cut their hair, which is another matter.

Anyway, if these Confucian descendants don’t come with him, they will think that they are the masters of the world and hope that everyone will live according to their will.

"Ahem," Xu Xiaode, the Minister of Rites, also stood up. "Kong Jijiu said so well. The haircutting matter seems to be a very small thing, but the significance behind it is very important. The court must not let it go. This will shake the foundation of my Tang Dynasty. I requested Your Majesty to issue an order to prohibit everyone from cutting their hair. Serious punishment should be given to mandatory requirements for others to cut their hair. Such a trend must not spread."

As Xu Hui's father, Xu Xiaode, the Minister of Rites, lived a pretty decent life during this period.

Once this person's life is comfortable, he will think about trying something to make.

Now he is the Minister of Rites. Xu Xiaode hopes to take advantage of his daughter being favored in the palace to see if he can get a minister of Rites to sit down.

If you don’t help, you can be promoted to Minister of Rites.

Anyway, Xu Xiaode felt that he had to achieve something so that Li Shimin could promote him.

Look, the haircutting incident in the past two days has given Xu Xiaode an opportunity.

As the Ministry of Rites, I must oppose everyone’s hair cutting, because this is completely inconsistent with past etiquette.

Xu Xiaode could not imagine that when he went to court in the future, he would be covered in bare heads, which would be too inconsistent.

"Ahem!"

Seeing that Kong Yingda and Xu Xiaode were already rushing forward, Changsun Wuji felt that he would also stand up and bring the atmosphere to the area.

Otherwise, the people of the Changsun Party would not know what they meant by themselves.

"What Kong Jijiu and Xu Yuanwailang said is very reasonable, and I am concerned about it."

Changsun Wuji didn't need to say too much, he didn't even need to stand up and talk about the specific things about cutting his hair.

Just a "wealthy minister's proposal" is enough to make many people understand his attitude.

"I'm going to discuss it!"

Sure enough, Gao Shilian, the Minister of Personnel, also stood up and expressed his attitude.

Soon, a group of officials in the court stood up and said, "I'm sorry!"

"Your Majesty, I don't agree with them!"

Qin Qiong, who has always rarely attended court, and even did not speak much after attending court, emerged from the corner this time and expressed his opinions clearly.

The officials around immediately noticed that Qin Qiong was actually appearing in front of everyone today as a short hair.

"The soldiers are fighting outside, and the conditions are very hard. Sometimes they can't even drink a sip of clean water, let alone bathing and washing their hair. Long hair will not only make the head movement less flexible, but also make the scalp itchy and allow more insects to survive on the head, which will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

The Tang Dynasty was able to have its prosperity today, which was certainly due to His Majesty’s wise leadership, but also the efforts of our Tang soldiers to fight bravely.

In the eyes of Weichen, cutting hair is good for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, so we should persist. As for continuously connecting hair and filial piety, thinking that cutting hair is unfilial is completely absurd manifestation.

These fingernails also grow on the body. Do you usually don’t cut your nails? Are you already unfilial?

On the battlefield, many soldiers fought bravely, throwing their arms and legs from time to time. Are these soldiers just unfilial? Your Majesty, this will make the soldiers feel disappointed."

As soon as Qin Qiong said this, the generals in the court immediately stood on his side.

"Shubao is right. Did the soldiers fight bloody battles to win glory for the country and get hurt by then, but are they unfilial? Besides, who has never had his hair trimmed in the court? Is it him Kong Yingda? If he didn't cut his hair from his womb, then now three people would probably have raised his hair specifically for him?"

As soon as Cheng Yaojin said this, it immediately caused a group of people to burst into laughter.

Of course, these people are basically military generals.

Civil officials and military generals are naturally opponents.

The dispute between civil and military affairs in the Tang Dynasty was not obvious, but it did not mean that there was no one.

Besides, Cheng Yaojin is right. Who has never cut her hair short since she was a child?

If this were the case, it would have been dragged to the ground long ago.

I haven't seen anyone's hair that long?

Since everyone has cut their hair, why do you say that cutting hair is unfilial?

Why is it unfilial to cut your hair shorter?

Isn't this a double standard?

"Zhijie is right," Did someone rape a woman on the road? It would be not raped if she went in a little bit, but if she went in a lot, she would be considered as? "The Law of the Tang Dynasty" doesn't say that."

As soon as Yuchi Gong's words came out, the laughter of the military generals in the court became exaggerated.

Cheng Yaojin even laughed "haha" and thought about overturning the roof.

Even among the civil officials, some officials couldn't help but want to laugh.

It’s really that Yuchi Gong’s metaphor is too vivid.

Everyone has hair cuts. The current haircutting storm is nothing more than cutting their hair shorter.

You can't cut a short one inch short and it's not considered a violation of filial piety. Cutting a few dozen inches short is considered a violation of filial piety, right?

"Vulgar! Yuchi Gong, this is my Tang Dynasty meeting, not your Yuchi family's back garden, how could you be so vulgar?"

Kong Yingda pointed at Yuchi Gong in anger, but he couldn't find any good reason for it.

There was no way, he couldn't find the same metaphor as Yuchi Gong to refute.

Moreover, he suddenly realized that what Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong said had a little reason, which made him a little shaken.

"Ahem! Know the wise and respect the virtue. Everyone has something to say, don't insult them!"

Seeing that Kong Yingda seemed to be about to be angry, Li Shimin held back his smile on the imperial throne and stood up and said something seriously.

However, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, who had been in the court for so many years, keenly realized Li Shimin's attitude towards hair cutting.

Now, they are full of confidence.

As long as Li Shimin does not object, everything will be easy to say.

"I have been in China for thousands of years. Since the Great Zhou Dynasty, I have experienced the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. In this world, no one except those monks have cut their hair. Now this trend has changed in the Zhenguan Dynasty, which is definitely a very dangerous thing. Your Majesty, this trend must not grow long."

Kong Yingda took a deep breath, recreated and sorted out his own language, and began to struggle.

He knew that if he didn't work hard, the trend of cutting his hair would definitely spread.

Even if most Tang people do not support hair cutting, it doesn’t make any sense.

"Cutting hair is against etiquette, and Weichen also supports Kong Jijiu's view."

Xu Xiaode didn't expect that this incident would cause such a big counterattack from the generals, but he just stood up to support Kong Yingda.

If he just said one thing and was called a turtle, he was afraid that it would lead to everyone's despise him.

So I bit the bullet and continued to stand up and support Kong Yingda.

However, in his heart, he had given up the idea of ​​continuing to stand out for Kong Yingda.

He would object to hair cutting, although it was because he himself did not support hair cutting, but he wanted to use this matter to benefit himself.

The current situation made him keenly realize that the idea of ​​seeking benefits was probably not so easy to achieve.

So naturally there was no idea of ​​continuing to stand out.

"Your Majesty, whether this haircut is good or bad, I think everyone has a standard in their hearts. Some people think this is a good thing, so they can cut their hair; some people think this is a bad thing, so they can continue to keep their hair long.

Of course, Weichen thinks that most people don’t have the concept of whether this is a good or a bad thing. They just have been accustomed to growing hair, so they think to keep it unchanged. Weichen thinks that there is no problem with this matter. Therefore, Weichen thinks that the court does not need to interfere too much, just let it develop."
To be continued...