The Battle of Liangmang officially came to an end. Before Xu Xiao left, he left Yuan Zuozong and Chu Lushan to stay in the three states of Beimang. The next step was for the Beiliang faction to select talents from each state to govern the newly conquered land. .
Although everything was complicated, Xu Fengnian still insisted on going to Hulukou and led the civil and military forces of Beiliang to welcome back the King of Beiliang.
After Xu Xiao met with Xu Fengnian, he temporarily built a majestic and extraordinary school martial arts platform in Hulukou.
Xu Longxiang beat the drum, which sounded like thunder, and rolled away from Beiliang.
Xu Xiao, Xu Fengnian and his son took the stage to review Beiliang's 100,000-horse cavalry.
Witnessed by many civil and military officials and hundreds of thousands of horsemen in Northern Liang, Xu Fengnian wore a white python robe and waited on stage. From then on, the old and new kings of Liang alternated.
The Northern Liang cavalry is the best in the world.
The sound of drums in Northern Liang is heard all over the world.
There is a new king in Northern Liang, Xu Fengnian.
This grand parade in Beiliang not only congratulates Liang Mang for his great victory, but also congratulates the succession of the new king of Beiliang.
After the two battles between Liuzhou and Hulukou, and later the policies of absorbing the Naxi region from Liuzhou and subsidizing Northern Liang.
The new king of Beiliang has fully demonstrated his abilities, and the civil and military officials have no doubts about the ability of the Crown Prince to take over the reins of Beiliang.
At Hulu Pass, hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Northern Liang drew their swords out of their sheaths, and Xu Fengnian became the unquestionable and justifiable king of Northern Liang.
The change of king in Northern Liang is of course seriously inconsistent with Liyang's vassal etiquette.
But now that most of the energy is being restrained in Liyang in the south, how dare you say no.
If you don't agree, there will be 500,000 Northern Liang troops to reason with Li Yang.
The old and the new take over, and the old Liang King Xu Xiao and the new Liang King Xu Fengnian return to Qingliang Mountain together.
Xu Fengnian succeeded in inheriting the throne and became the king of Northern Liang.
This news spread back to Beiliang. Not only Liangzhou, but also Youzhou and Lingzhou were decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. They were almost crazy and even more powerful than the lantern market during the Lantern Festival, in order to please the new king, especially those powerful families. There was a secret competition over whose lanterns had bigger and more lanterns. It seemed as if whose lanterns had fewer lanterns, they would be informed the next day and then taken out and beheaded.
In the palace of Qingliang Mountain, the new King of Northern Liang was walking with the general.
From the first year of fighting in Xiangfu to now, Xu Xiao has been fighting for more than a year, but he looks very good and is full of energy.
The father and son walked to a mausoleum that was said to be "higher than the vassal king" by the outside world, and Xu Xiao sat down in front of the tombstone.
There are very few ancient trees in the mausoleum. It is said that this is because the sword spirit of the female sword immortal's mother was too strong. Even after her death, the female sword immortal still retained her majestic appearance. Therefore, the original ancient trees in the mausoleum of the princess were not left. Several plants.
Xu Xiao closed his eyes, listening to a very familiar little tune, and leisurely tapping time on his knee with one hand.
After finishing the little ballad, the father and son walked out of the mausoleum silently. Xu Xiao suddenly said: "Nian'er, you can let Huang Man'er go home."
Xu Fengnian bit her lip, stopped and followed quickly, nodding.
"Also, it's time for you to know Tianjiao's true identity." Xu Xiao whispered softly into Xu Fengnian's ear.
After Xu Fengnian heard this, he was speechless for a long time.
At night, Xu Xiao, the king of Northern Liang, was slaughtered by the people of the Spring and Autumn Period in the palace of the Qingliang Mountain and passed away peacefully.
The whole city of Liangzhou is plain, not a sound of firecrackers or bells or drums is heard. All the white lanterns are hung, and all the couplets are replaced with white backgrounds.
Facing the tens of thousands of Liangzhou people on the main road in the city, they bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.
When the news reached Liyang Tai'an City, countless people were applauding, gathering in groups, going in and out of restaurants, and getting very drunk. Many people had to be carried home.
According to the vassal regulations of the Liyang Dynasty, if the vassal king dies, the crown prince, Babaili, must urgently report it to the imperial court and clan mansion in the capital.
Xu Xiao is a king with a different surname, so he naturally does not want to be under the control of the clan like other vassal kings in Liyang.
However, it must still be reported to the Ministry of Etiquette according to the regulations.
The Liyang Dynasty's Ministry of Rites waited and waited for the report from the Northern Liang Crown Prince.
Zhao Zhuan of Emperor Liyang didn't care about this. Xu Xiao's death was a serious illness for him.
There have long been rumors in the market that when the late emperor was still alive, he once said that Xu Xiao had lived too long, and that he had already died.
Shi Chang complained about why the old emperor took him with him when he left.
It would not be so difficult for Li Yang to dismember Beiliang.
Now, Xu Xiao is finally dead.
Li Yang now wants to put the coffin of this man to death and leave the matter to the Ministry of Rites.
Lu Daolin, the Minister of Rites, was unable to get out of his illness and completely gave up on the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites was leaderless, and the two ministers of the third rank had different views and did not agree with each other, so they blamed each other.
The matter naturally fell on Jiang Yongle, the official of the Qing Dynasty, who was one rank lower and was in charge of temple ceremonies and posthumous titles in the Ministry of Rites.
Although the posthumous title is just a simple two-character name, it is divided into two posthumous titles, civil and military, and two systems of civil and military, but the doorway inside is not ordinary.
It should not only cover the merits and demerits of a person's life, but also cater to His Majesty's wishes.
Civil servants all pursue "Chinese integrity", and military attachés all pursue "Wu Zhong".
Take the "Wen Huai" of the Song family's young master and the "Wen Gong" of Lu Feiqi as examples.
The former means "huai", which means "remarking people's goodness", which is in line with the merits of Song Xiaofuzi who moved the world with his reputation on the first day of the month. The word "gong" in the latter is taken from the meaning of "to worship".
As for the posthumous title of the old Northern Liang King, it was difficult for Mr. Jiang to be upset.
There was the imperial court on one side and Beiliang on the other. Offending either side would be enough to make him lose hope of promotion in the court for the rest of his life.
As early as the first day when Jiang Yongle was appointed, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, who was born in Zhanglu, commented on the word "Dai" with a straight face. At that time, Jiang Yongle's lips trembled. The word "Dai" is the second to last word in the Eighteenth Order of Wu Feng, and its general meaning is: "No merit, no fault."
Pan Chunjian, the right servant, even said the word "Yang" lightly, which was already a bad posthumous title.
There is no such thing as a flat posthumous title in Liyang, and it is rare for ministers to be given evil posthumous titles. Most of them are good posthumous titles, but the level is different.
In the three days given by Li Yang, Jiang Yongliao almost read the "Posthumous Book" and lost a lot of hair.
In the end, Lord Chiang, resigned to his fate, solved the problem with tea and copper coins and gave the word "severe".
Posthumous explanation: Serve the country and kill innocent people.
The next day, everyone in the civil and military dynasties thought that Xu Xiao was not worthy of his posthumous title.
Among them, Jin Lanting, who was recommended by Beiliang to enter the court, danced the most happily and thought that Xu Xiao should be given the word "anti" in his posthumous title.
Even in the evil posthumous title, the word "anti" is placed very low.
The posthumous title means betraying respect and disobeying superiors, which is almost equivalent to defining Xu Xiao as a rebellious official and traitor of the Liyang Dynasty.
Yan Jiexi, a former minister of Northern Liang and now a relative of the emperor, supported him on the spot.
What's more, some people think that the word "Yang" should be given.
Only Yao Baifeng, the master of Neo-Confucianism in the dynasty and the official minister of Zuojijiu, believed that Xu Xiao had made an indispensable contribution to the dynasty and that no one could match him.
The posthumous title consistent with military merit can be either "Yili" or "Huan", which means "Wuzhengdingfuyuan".
However, under the joint attack of the three palace bachelors and several elders from Yushitai that had been discussed long ago, Yao Baifeng turned pale with anger and was defeated.
In the end, it was the emperor who decided to give Xu Xiao his posthumous title of "Wu Li", which meant that his merits and demerits were balanced.
