During the rainy season in the first year of Xiangfu, all the red lanterns were removed from Beiliang Palace, and the festive bright red Spring Festival couplets were replaced with white background couplets in the early morning of this day. There is a slanting wind and drizzle, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind and rain do not stop, the child wants to support but the relative is no longer there.
The raindrops hit the tens of thousands of scaled tiles, from far to near, lightly and heavily, wrapping up streams of slender water flowing down the tile grooves and eaves, like wine hanging cups, percussion and portamento Dense netting. When the couplets visible to everyone were changed outside the gate of the Qingliangshan mansion, the whole Liangzhou city was stunned. Many old people had the courage to come outside the mansion at the foot of the mountain and saw the pale background with their own eyes. After an hour, there will be no sound of firecrackers and bells and drums all over the city, white lanterns will be hung, and white background couplets will be replaced. The main road of Liangzhou City leads directly to the Northern Liang Palace, and the streets are full of oysters. Then Hu Kui, the governor of Liangzhou, wearing a mourning dress made of the coarsest raw linen, led all the officials of Liangzhou, and rushed to the door of Yimen. Hu Kui never stepped On the steps, he stood at the bottom of the stone steps, facing the tens of thousands of Liangzhou people on the main road in the city, was silent for a moment, turned around, and shouted with all his strength, "Bow!"
The wind and rain were like darkness, and a large area of the street was covered with whiteness, kowtowing three times, and the sound of three kowtows was as heavy as spring thunder.
"Goodbye!"
"Three salutes!"
One prostration and three kowtows, three prostrations and nine prostrations.
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Tai'an City, Waking of Insects. Beijing officials regard the early court as a chore, and many veteran officials have already practiced the ability to enter the palace on time, but today, nine out of ten court meetings are crowded outside the palace gate early, and there is a cloud of treachery on the royal road. In the festive atmosphere, no one was going to pierce the layer of window paper. Although Tai'an City already knew that the old guy in Beiliang was dead, I don't know how many people were clapping their hands and forming cliques. Bai was so drunk that he had to be carried home. According to the suzerainty and vassal law of the Liyang Dynasty, the death of the vassal king needs to be urgently reported to the imperial court and the clan mansion in the capital by the son of eight hundred miles. Hurry up and inform the Zhao family, but the Ministry of Rites in Tai'an City can't wait, and the emperor of the Zhao family is too magnanimous to care about it. He just set the rules and regulations. The posthumous title of King Beiliang will be assessed by the Ministry of Rites first. For this reason, the Ministry of Rites was on the run, and first, Lu Daolin, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, who was in-laws of Rentu, was out of illness, and completely let go of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites has no leader. , push each other, and compared with the two cunning servants, Jiang Yongle, the Qing official who is in charge of the ancestral hall of the Ministry of Rites, has a rank lower than the two treacherous servants, and he is in charge of the posthumous title. In fact, there are traces of conferring civil and military posthumous titles in the past It can be seen that the emperor's thoughts are not too deep. The "Wen Huai" of the young master of the Song family and the "Wen Gong" of Lu Feichi are both written by him. Just according to the interpretation of the posthumous book, with the four meanings of the characters, Jiang Yongle took the "goodness of people" among them, which is in line with the Gongzi of Lu Feichi, the old leader of the Qing Party, who was famous for his meritorious deeds in the past. His Majesty the Emperor agreed to play the meaning of "worship also", and there was no objection in the court. Although Jiang Yongle stumbled on the memorial of Song Laofuzi's posthumous title, how can he often walk by the river without getting his shoes wet? No one is too harsh on him, the clean official.
It's just that when he came to Xu Xiao, king of Beiliang, he wanted to try to make a conclusion about this man's slaughter and cover the coffin. How much courage does Jiang Yongle have? How many heads can be chopped off? Even if he guessed the emperor's mind by luck, as long as he didn't agree with the world, or didn't suit the appetite of the important officials in the temple, or even was hated by the warriors in Beiliang, he was a small clean-up official, and he would wear a pair of small shoes casually for others in this life. Even if there is no play in the official career. Jiang Yongle received the emperor's order three days earlier this morning, but the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, who was born in Zhang Lu, commented on the word "Dai" with a straight face. At that time, Jiang Yongle's lips trembled. , roughly meaning "no merit, no fault", Jiang Yongle was so angry that his face was ashen, making paste is not the way to fiddle, as long as he dares to push this word to the court meeting, everyone will take him as the official who handed out the memorial. As a result, Pan Chunjian, the right servant of Gu Lumen's student, was even more shameless, and he was determined to push him into the fire pit. He said it lightly and cleverly, which was clearly the word "Yang" in the evil posthumous title, because there was no such thing as a posthumous posthumous title in this dynasty, and it was rarely given to the courtiers. Most of the evil posthumous posthumous posthumous titles are beautiful posthumous titles, but they are different in height. Jiang Yongle was about to give this guy an old punch, but he didn't have the courage after all. Pan Chunjian was a real fighter in the battlefield. If there was a real fight, ten Jiang Yongle would have to get down.
Jiang Yongle cried and mourned all day like a dead daughter-in-law. In the past three days, he did not know how many hairs he lost. I can't write for a long time, I really have the heart to die. Before dawn, Jiang Yongle slapped off the teacup and the book of posthumous posthumous titles with one palm, and fell to the ground. The clean official stood up suddenly, almost insane, with trembling fingers, pointed at the foggy and dark scene outside the window, and cursed angrily. : "Old man Xu, do you want Jiang to live uneasy if you die?!"
The maid waiting outside the door was trembling and knocked on the door bravely, but was yelled at by the official scout inside the house, and the maid didn't dare to push the door to disturb the master's important affairs anymore. Jiang Yongle sighed, squatted down, and picked up "The Posthumous Posthumous Interpretation", the book was soaked in tea, Jiang Yongle raised his cuff to wipe off the tea stains, carefully tore off the pages of the book that were stuck together, and put them back on the desk, Jiang Yongle with disheveled hair Stretching out five fingers to stroke the silver-white hair, laughing idiotically, sitting upright, writing vigorously, breaking up the total of forty-two civil and military posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous titles and fifteen posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous titles, and randomly writing them on a piece of Lanting Shuxuan. It was surprisingly tiring, and the Cleaning Officer was out of breath. He turned his head and told the maid outside the house to bring a copper coin. Pass the Shuxuan on the back of the paper and ask her to put the copper coins on the paper. After the maid did so, Jiang Yongle waved her back. The word that the copper coin relied on.
fierce!
Posthumous interpretation: Contributing to the country, killing innocent people.
Jiang Yongle hesitated for a moment, and muttered to himself: "It's God's will."
The sky in the east is white, and above the main hall, there are a lot of talented people, civil and military men of the dynasty. Most of them are purple robes that can only be worn by senior officials of the third rank. Most of the ministers and ministers in robes and official uniforms are at the back. Now that the king is the vassal, there is only one His Royal Highness Zhao Zhuan in the yellow mang suit left in the hall. Danchi, the emperor of the Zhao family sits high on the dragon chair, surrounded by two huge incense burners, looking north and south. When the weather is good, he can even see the imperial road outside the palace gate far away. The emperor closed his eyes, and almost no one in the hall dared to look up, only the chief assistant Zhang Julu, two or three chief officials of the six departments, and a few generals, dared to look at him head-on, only Tan Tan Weng Huanwen raised his head, his eyes were fixed, and the emperor also looked up. I don't know what the old man is looking at. Looking around, Lu Daolin, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, did not go to court, while the new minister of the Ministry of War, Chen Zhibao, who had a unicorn patch embroidered on his chest, was concentrating with his eyes closed. Gu Jiantang guarded the border all year round. I heard that Gu Lu probably got the instruction of Gu Lao Shangshu, and he was quite peaceful at first. Many military affairs were handled according to the meaning of Gu Lu's new Shangshu. In fact, Chen Zhibao rarely Blending in, quite slack, reading in Gu Luli all day long, Gu Lu may feel that this villain is poor at slaughtering donkeys, but he started to take the initiative to provoke. The clothes were thrown out of Gu Lu, Gu Lu's servants Shuang Lu, Lu Baijie and Lu Shengxiang stood by and watched without raising their eyelids. The well-connected Huang E lobbied everywhere. After that, Yu Shitai began to impeach Chen Shangshu to death As a result, the emperor lightly canceled the fourth-rank orders of Huang's official wife. At the feet of the emperor, Huang E dared not be angry or speak up, and ran to the border to "relax", but Gu Jiantang of Dazhu Kingdom didn't want to see him. Up to now, Huang E is still a white bachelor, and has become a big joke in the capital.
If there were no "dog barking" sounds from the old guys at Yushitai in the early court of Liyang, it would not have caused chaos among various hilltop factions. The ministries have always preached concisely and concisely at the court meeting, because His Majesty is extremely diligent and often criticizes them overnight. Zhu, they should be more considerate as courtiers. All kinds of matters are nodded or rejected by His Majesty the Emperor in this dynasty center, and the policies passed will then be conveyed to the world, benefiting the north and the south. Today’s early court was extremely smooth. The Minister of the Household Department Wang Xionggui reported to the emperor last year the land surveying and tax collection in Guangling, Jiangnan, and the review of the warehouse and grain storage in various places. Outstanding, with a mellow voice when playing, it is a good thing not to mention the content, just Wang Shangshu's calm demeanor, let the juniors in the palace admire. Zhao Youling, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is also a good report that is suspected of being a bit old-fashioned. It ends last year's "Beijing Examination" of the performance evaluation of officials of all sizes in the capital. ", Yin Maochun, the "No. 1 prime minister", no longer assists. Last year's Beijing review was that the emperor intended Zhao Yousong to "kill chickens with a bull's knife", which was actually paving the way for "Yin Chuxiang". Everyone in the hall knew that if Lu Daolin, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was not in the hall, it would have been announced today that Yin Maochun would preside over this year's imperial examination. Zhang Shoufu, it's very simple. Over the years, the chief officials of the imperial examination, no matter how the house masters were changed, the two chief officials took turns to sit. Then Chen Zhibao, who seldom made a sound in the court meeting, opened his eyes. When he took a step sideways and fell into the sight of the civil and military officials of the court, a purple-robed official who had secretly moistened his throat immediately retracted. Chen Zhibao spoke coldly and said The abolition of the two Liao guards and the military town of Jizhou, and the riots of the sixteen ethnic groups in Huaizhou, Nanzhao, caused by the scramble for the imperial tree. This made the festive atmosphere in the hall suddenly much colder, but the important ministers in the front row quickly glanced at His Majesty's face, still smiling unabated, not in a hurry to speak about the holy order, but just smiled and asked Chen Shangshu to go with him later The "cabinet" of Qinli Pavilion, the monarchs and ministers slowly discussed with those palace scholars, and naturally there would be a few living officials to record and file. After that, last year, Han Lin, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment who had a nasty gap with Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, reported the affairs, and the two palace scholars also checked and filled in the gaps, saying something innocuous.
Then, when the first-rank minister, Zuo servant She Huanwen finally slowly looked away and coughed, everyone cheered up immediately, and the show was about to take place.
The blue-eyed and purple-bearded Zhang Julu was standing beside Tan Tan Weng, but he ignored it. He just looked at an open space not far from Prince Zhao Zhuan. The year before last, there was a chair for Sun Xiji, the old grand master of Western Chu. Until he resigned from Zuo Pushe, he was "relegated" and served as the envoy of Guangling Dao Jing, who was only second rank, and now he has nothing to do. Zhang Shoufu turned his head and looked behind him. His protégé Wang Xionggui was looking at Jiang Yongle like many other ministers. The official Zhao Youling who stood by him happened to look behind Shoufu. He was caught straight. The protruding Zhao Youling immediately turned his head away. From the first year of Yonghui to the fourth year of Yonghui, it was at the beginning of the reign of the emperor today. Zhang Julu also became the chief assistant of the dynasty at that time, and took charge of the national imperial examinations for four consecutive years. He was Zhao Youling, his hometown Yuan Guo, and Yin Maochun Wang Xionggui Han Lin, It was at this time that the carp jumped into the dragon's gate, and they were all from the same school. They were all disciples of Zhang Shoufu. Then Han Lin was also reprimanded by Zhang Shoufu from the Zhang Party, and he never set foot in that Zhanglu again. Among the six ministries, the official department with great power has always been regarded as Zhang Shoufu's own house, but it is a pity that he seems to be in love with each other in the past few years. Zhao Youling said to this Some feel guilty, but there is no regret. Zhao Youling is not willing to be inferior to others, and it is okay to be under Zhang Shoufu, but what is Wang Xionggui? In the imperial examination, he was only the third place in the imperial examination. Why is Wang Xionggui the most To be able to enter Shoufu and Huanwen's blue eyes who were still at the Imperial College Zuo Jijiu at that time? Instead of Zhao Youling? ! Now that General Gu has resigned from the Ministry of War, the Six Departments have returned to normal, and he respects the Ministry of Officials in his hands. Zhao Youling really wants to know whether Lord Shoufu has regretted choosing Wang Xionggui as the leader of the Zhang Party in the future!
A trembling voice in the main hall interrupted the reverie of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Jiang Yongle, the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped out of the train, and knelt down slowly, "Minister Jiang Yongle, I have something to report."
When Jiang Yongle gritted his teeth and proposed the posthumous title for the King of Beiliang, there was an uproar in the court hall, the group of meritorious generals sneered unabashedly, and the civil servants all had strange expressions.
Zhang Julu frowned, and Tan Tanweng stared blankly at Dianliang again.
Wearing the official uniform of the second-rank lion, Yang Shenxing is a famous general who "prospered" in the spring and Autumn period, and the general of Anguo who was granted real power. Generals lived a long time, those old guys were given posthumous posthumous titles after death, few descendants in the family could support the scene, and the latecomers who inherited the titles of those great generals were only a generation behind, not to mention because of their military achievements and prestige. Insufficient, it is difficult to compare with Yang Shenxing. It can be said that among the military officials in Liyang, except for Gu Jiantang talking to the two old fellows who are also great generals, Yang Shenxing, who is holding the Gyeonggi military defense, no one dares not to prick up his ears honestly. If you want to speak, just walk out carelessly. The old man has to kneel when entering the hall, but there is no need to kneel when speaking afterwards. Yang Shenxing first bowed to the dragon chair, then looked at Jiang Yongle, and said with a sneer: "Xu Xiao suffered a lot. Becoming the king of Beiliang, and also having the title of Dazhu Kingdom, is already a great grace of the emperor. Now that he is dead, how can he be worthy of Wu Shiba! Pick any high-ranking word from the bad posthumous posthumous title, and the court will be very worthy of him Xu It's gone!"
As soon as the old general said this, Jiang Yongle didn't dare to take a breath, his head was so low that he almost touched the ground, and his back was soaked in sweat obviously.
The emperor of the Zhao family leaned back on the dragon chair, with a half-smile.
Lu Shengxiang, the servant of the Ministry of War, came out and said calmly: "I think Xu Xiao should be the posthumous character of resistance."
There was an uproar at the court.
This posthumous title is at the bottom of the list of bad posthumous posthumous titles. Disobedience and disobedience are almost equivalent to defining Xu Xiao as a rebellious official and traitor of the Liyang Dynasty.
Many people looked at the python-robed Chen Zhibao, Minister of the Ministry of War, who was ahead of Lu Shengxiang, but it was a pity that he couldn't see the slightest clue about his tall and straight back as stable as Mount Tai.
Zhao Youling seemed to have seen the shoulders of the chief assistant in the front row move slightly.
Then Yan Jiexi, the former minister of Northern Liang and now the relative of the emperor, came out, Lord Yan, who was awarded the title of Dongyuan Pavilion University scholar last year, knelt down and shook his sleeves, and said in a deep voice: "My minister thinks that General An Guo's statement is more appropriate. "
This disappointed many courtiers who hoped that this guy would give Xu Xiao a good posthumous title.
It was just that the disappointed civil servants and military generals all smiled heartily, and Jin Lanting, the right sacrificial wine of the Imperial College, walked out of the train leisurely, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I agree with Lu Shilang's proposal. There are too many books to write, and the evil posthumous title of 'Wu Kang' can appease the hearts of the people of the world!"
The corner of Zhao Family Emperor's mouth twitched, but he still didn't make a sound.
Yao Baifeng, the master of Neo Confucianism at the time, snorted coldly, not only came out, but the vicissitudes old man squeezed Jin Sanlang with his shoulder intentionally or unintentionally, and then said: "General Xu Xiao has contributed a lot to this dynasty, and no one can do it. And, the posthumous title that matches his military achievements, the word Yi Lie can be used, and it is the most appropriate to use the word "Huan", which is based on Wu Zheng's determination and obedience!"
As a result, it was even more noisy. No matter how good the concentration is, no matter how deep the skill of nourishing the qi is, the courtiers also began to whisper to their colleagues.
Jin Lanting sneered and said: "Xu Xiao has military merits, but they are all opportunities given to him by the imperial court. It's just the trend of the times. He is not grateful for his kindness. How can this kind of man be worthy of Huan Yilie's three posthumous posthumous titles?! It's ridiculous! Yao My lord, are you not afraid that if this posthumous title comes out, the world will be chilled?"
With Jin Sanlang as the first big villain to tear his face, soon there will be three palace scholars who have already negotiated to join hands, echoing Lu Shengxiang and Jin Lanting's posthumous posthumous "resistance".
Several bigwigs from Yushitai also responded one after another.
For a while, the crowd was raging, and many sarcasm and harsh words came out, Yao Baifeng, a great scholar in Xiongzhou, turned pale with anger.
From the beginning to the end, in everyone's mind, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who should give Xu Laizi the most justice, did not speak, and Zhang Shoufu, who should add fuel to the fire, was also silent. During this period, Zhao Youling from the Ministry of Officials and Wang Xionggui from the Ministry of Households had a tacit understanding and wanted to go out almost at the same time , but Tan Tanweng turned his head and stared at him, and they all smiled wryly and retracted their steps.
In the end, the emperor stood up, looked down at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty with a blank face, and retreated after saying a few words.
"The merits and demerits balance out, Xu Xiao's posthumous title is Wuli."
Hundreds of civil and military officials with their own thoughts came out of the palace, and many important officials looked at Jiang Yongle, the official of the Ministry of Rites, with a little more warmth in their eyes. This kid is obviously going to have shit luck. He never thought that such a catastrophe would suddenly turn into a great blessing for him.
Surprisingly, Huan Wen didn't come out of the palace with his close friend Zhang Julu, but stepped over the threshold early, smiled and walked behind Jin Sanlang who was about to walk down the white jade steps, patted his shoulder, and said to the elegant-looking Master You Jijiu It was something to discuss, and then a year old and a young man came to the corner of the corridor outside the hall. Jin Lanting thought it was a suggestion from him this morning, and it was accepted by Zhang Dang behind Tan Tanweng. Lu's upstart. In the end, the result was that old man Huan punched Jin Lanting hard in the face, and cursed, "I took so much money from you in the past, and I will pay you back the money!"
Master You Jijiu covered his face, staring at the old man's leaving figure, as if the sky was falling.
On the steps, Zuo Jijiu Yao Baifeng and Zhang Julu, who had rarely seen each other, were standing side by side today. Huan Wen walked over, and the three elders looked at the imperial road outside the palace gate together. Among the mighty group of officials, Chen Zhibao was the most eye-catching.
The civil and military officials who were the pillars of the court were all talking, without exception, they were all waiting to see the jokes of the new king of Beiliang, and they couldn't stop laughing when they thought of the funny scene of the young man receiving the imperial decree.
Before walking out of the palace gate, Chen Zhibao looked back at the roof of the hall.
On this side of the steps, Huan Wen said complacently, "What a time of Waking of Insects!"
Zhang Julu sneered softly: "Everything is shaken, and the stinging insects run away in shock."