[Weizhou encourages advancement]
Zhu Wen, who suffered a severe mental blow, went to school from Cangzhou. He fell ill while passing through Weizhou and was temporarily recuperated in Weizhou.
The military supplies for this expedition to Cangzhou were also borne by Luo Shaowei. The convoys transporting baggage stretched for 500 miles. As a result, except for part of the supplies given to the enemy, the remaining supplies were burned. In addition, Luo Shaowei also built the Marshal's Mansion in Weizhou. The consumption of the two wars severely overdrawn Wei Bojun's body.
For Luo Shaowei, this is the price he pays for cutting off his tooth army. There is a saying that it is easier to invite gods than to send them away. I originally thought that Zhu Wen could lead his army back and give Wei Bo a chance to recuperate and breathe. Unexpectedly, the old man fell ill at his doorstep. Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed here again, and their daily expenses were like water.
Money and food are not what Luo Shaowei is worried about. What he is most worried about now is that Zhu Wen will take the opportunity to annex it.
Wei Bo has been hollowed out by the Bian army. He needs soldiers but no soldiers, money but no money, and food but no food. As long as Zhu Wen's upper lip touches his lower lip, Wei Bo's surname will be Zhu.
After thinking about it, Luo Shaowei came up with a clever plan.
On this day, Luo Shaowei went to Zhu Wen's bedroom to greet him on the pretext of visiting his condition. After a few words of greetings, Luo Shaowei actively persuaded Zhu Wen to move in.
Luo Shaowei said that now all the towns in the world have gathered and raised troops, all under the banner of protecting the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty, it is better for you to destroy the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible to defeat the people.
Luo Shaowei persuaded him to join, firstly to show his loyalty and be good; secondly, to divert Zhu Wen's attention and use Luoyang's watermelon to save Weizhou's sesame seeds; thirdly, he could enjoy the title of "Foundation of the Nation" in the future.
Zhu Wen was indeed overjoyed, and his illness was half recovered immediately. He was grateful to Luo Shaowei, and immediately decided to return without any further delay. Luo Shaowei's strategy to persuade Jin had immediate results.
The great leader's evaluation of Zhu Wen is really accurate, "Similar to Cao Cao, but more cunning". Zhu Wen is cunning than Cao Cao, but not smarter than Cao Cao, let alone wiser than Cao Cao.
Cunning, that is, being clever, often results in immediate benefits, but loses greater benefits in the future. It is obviously a derogatory term.
Zhu Wen's situation has always paid tribute to Cao Cao, but from this time on, he and Cao Cao embarked on two completely different paths. The biggest difference is that Cao Cao was a "Han official" until his death, and left the work of usurping the Han Dynasty and prospering the Wei Dynasty to his son; while Zhu Wen couldn't wait, he wanted to sit on the throne in his lifetime and live the life of an emperor. For this , he did not hesitate to kill two Tang emperors in a row.
After Zhu Wen killed Zhaozong, the process of forcing Tang Dynasty to abdicate had already begun. For example, the political purge represented by the "Three Luoyang Tragedies", with the help of Liu Can and others, completed a major blood change in the central government and firmly controlled the power of the government. ; Another example is a series of military measures to stabilize the local area, such as pacifying Jingxiang, conquering Huaihe, and assisting Wei to attack Cang.
Next, Zhu Wen had to press the accelerator button to force Tang to give way.
[Nothing in the Southern Suburbs 1 Su Kai refuted the posthumous title]
The 13-year-old Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty had been reduced to a prey since the beginning of his accession to the throne. He had no power to fight back against Zhu Wen's emigration to the Tang Dynasty. The orphans and widows fully cooperated with Zhu Wen's group's usurpation, just to endure the humiliation and survive. For Empress Dowager He and Emperor Ai's mother and son, there is no poetry and distance in the world, only the Gou Qi and Zhu Wen in front of them.
According to the etiquette system, a new king should hold a suburban ceremony when he ascends the throne, "if there is anything going on in the southern suburbs". The Li Yuan requested the southern suburbs to offer sacrifices to heaven, and Emperor Ai issued an edict to hold a ceremony in the suburbs on October 9 this year.
In September, Emperor Ai suddenly issued an edict to postpone the event until November; in November, he also issued an edict to postpone it to the seventh day of the first lunar month of next year; a month later, he issued another edict to directly cancel the event.
"Something happened in the southern suburbs" was a very important sacrificial activity in the feudal era. It was sacred and solemn, with a certain mysterious color. Emperor Ai repeatedly postponed and even canceled the suburban sacrifice, which is a perfect reflection of the series of political activities of the Zhu and Wen Group.
After Zhaozong was killed, Zhu Wen's close minions Jiang Xuanhui, Zhang Tingfan and others actively worked on the abdication event under Zhu Wen's secret instructions. Liu Can, the licking dog, was not to be outdone and spared no effort in killing Zhongliang.
Loyal and upright officials were forced to be angry and dare not speak out due to excessive power, but there were also a few political opportunists who appeared in public, such as Su Xun, the Minister of Rites, and his son Su Kai.
Ten years ago, Su Kai passed the imperial examination. Zhaozong, who was thirsty for talents, took the exam himself, but found that Su Kai's writing was poor. According to records, Su Kai "didn't know how to read with his eyes, and his hands could only hold a pen." He was simply illiterate! It is obvious that there was fraud in the recruitment of students this time, relying on connections and using back doors. Zhaozong was furious and immediately canceled Su Kai's qualifications and ordered Su Kai to be "banned from taking exams for life."
Ten years later, Zhaozong was murdered, and Su Kai waited for the opportunity to take revenge.
First, through the relationship with his father, he opened up the joints and became a living man (from the sixth rank), and then he refuted the posthumous title, saying that Zhaozong's posthumous title was too praising, and asked for a new posthumous title for Zhaozong.
In the pre-Qin period, posthumous titles with one character were generally the mainstream, such as Duke Mu of Qin and Duke Wen of Jin. There were also non-mainstream posthumous titles with two or three characters.
Qin Shihuang was more individualistic and believed that it was inappropriate for "sons to speak to their father and ministers to speak to the emperor", so he abolished the posthumous title and only used "Emperor" as the title. His old man was the "First Emperor", and his children and grandchildren were called the second and third generations... As a title, implement digital management.
If the Qin Dynasty can last forever, it should be a blessing for historians. Unfortunately, after the death of the second generation, the emerging Han Dynasty immediately restored the posthumous title law. In order to standardize the posthumous title law, the central government established a special post of "Da Honglu" to manage posthumous titles. At this time, the mainstream posthumous title became two words.
In the Tang Dynasty, posthumous titles gradually became a tool for rulers to satisfy their vanity, and also became a tool for flatterers to flatter themselves. From this time on, the number of words in posthumous titles became more and more numerous, and they became more and more disgusting. There were also examples of giving posthumous titles (honorable titles) to living emperors. For example, when Emperor Yizong first ascended to the throne, Prime Minister Du Tai led hundreds of The official title "Emperor Rui Wen Ying Wu Ming De Zhi Ren Ming De Zhi Guang Xiao" was only six characters, which was not satisfactory, so nine years later Prime Minister Lu Yan led hundreds of officials to give him the title "Emperor Rui Wen Ying Wu Ming De Zhi Ren Ming Sage Guang Xiao".
When Zhaozong ascended the throne, in the first month of the first year of Dashun (890), the ministers honored him as "Emperor of the Holy Wen, Rui, De, Guangwu, Hongxiao".
Now, Zhaozong's posthumous title is "Emperor Sheng Mu Jingwen Xiao". "Posthumous Law Interpretation" says:
He is called "holy" for being good at writing slips and treating guests with courtesy;
Buddhism is righteous and honest, and it is called "Mu" when it comes to appearance;
Bu Yi Xing Gang, Qi Yi great concern, said "scenery";
Through heaven and earth, I would like to benefit and love the people, saying "wen";
The five sects are safe and virtuous and do not return, which is called "filial piety".
The specific meanings will not be explained one by one. In short, they all belong to the "posthumous title" of praise and praise, used to refer to the emperor and the gentleman.
At Su Kai's suggestion, the relevant departments carefully discussed and gave opinions on changing the posthumous title. It was recommended that the posthumous title should be changed to "Emperor Gonglingzhuang Minxiao" and the temple name should be changed from "Zhaozong" to "Xiangzong".
Since it has passed, it can be changed to "Gong";
Chaos without loss is called "spirit"
If the force is not successful, it is called "Zhuang";
When the people are injured, they say "Min".
In addition to retaining the word "filial piety", although the above four posthumous titles are also among the "higher posthumous titles", they are both praise and implicit criticism:
Once you have made a mistake, you can correct it; if you make a mistake, you can correct it. There is nothing great about it, but - you have made mistakes first;
Chaos without damage: Although no major losses were caused, but - you created chaos after all, so you are just lucky;
Failure to do so by force: Even if you resort to force, Xiao Bronze will always squeeze into the king's game;
Make the people suffer: Look, let the common people suffer misfortune.
Su Kai challenged the majesty of the Tang Dynasty by refuting his posthumous title, and he succeeded. He avenged his failure ten years ago and made his official debut, starting a shameless life. Wenshu will have his follow-up performances in the future, drifting further and further down the shameless road.
