After the fourth prince led the second prince and the King of Jin, and discussed with the officials, the posthumous title of Emperor Daxing was determined. It was planned to be the emperor of Jingtianchang Yunjian who was upright, tolerant, honest, filial and sincere, and the temple name was Shizong.
Emperor Huai has a fair posthumous title, not a good or bad posthumous title, so it’s pretty good.
Sejong is also known as the Lord of the Order.
The ministers did not want to give Emperor Kangcheng (Kangcheng is the reign name) a temple title.
Because monarchs with temple names can enjoy sacrifices and offerings from later generations, but it does not mean that all monarchs have this qualification. It needs to be determined based on the life of the monarch. Only the monarchs who have made great contributions and are worthy of sacrifice by future generations will be chosen.
Because Emperor Kang Cheng ordered so many ministers to be buried with him before his death, the ministers all had their own opinions.
Before the Dali Dynasty, a maximum of seven monarchs in a dynasty were eligible to have temple titles. Emperor Kangcheng was the eighth emperor of Dali, and he had already exhausted his temple names. The opposing ministers used this point as their argument.
Lu Desheng quit as soon as he heard this. How could this be done? Rules are dead, people are alive. The temple name is very important. The temple name has replaced the posthumous name and played a role in sealing the coffin of the Daxing Emperor. Not giving Emperor Kangcheng a temple title, wouldn't it be a denial of everything about him?
For the sake of a temple title, Lu Desheng quarreled with the Confucian scholars and recounted Emperor Kang Cheng's life in detail, saying that he had hard work even if he had no merit. He had been in power for twenty-eight years, but he did not let the country be divided, nor did he let the people rise up...
The fourth prince thought of the imperial edict in Lu Desheng's hands, and finally made the decision to give the late emperor Shizong the temple name.
After this matter was settled, the fourth prince couldn't help but think too much about the imperial edict in Lu Desheng's hands. Did Huang Kao distrust him so much? He actually left a will to control him?
Before leaving the palace, Lu Desheng went to the main hall to offer a stick of incense to Emperor Kangcheng, and told him his posthumous title and temple name. He thought to himself: Your Majesty, everything I can do for you has been done. From now on, I guess I won’t be able to compete with you anymore.
Chang'an City, in a dilapidated courtyard in a remote alley somewhere.
"Mr. Chen, are you here again?" A young male voice sounded.
Manager Chen whispered, "This is a big job."
"Great, since the last time we had a war of words with the Zhao family, there has been no life. The brothers and ladies down here are a little too busy." After saying this, he changed the subject, "Yes. Now, who is Mr. Lu going to do this time?"
Mr. Chen: "Let me tell you, this time we are going to fight against each other. You have to do this..."
The other party nodded while listening.
"The fight is quick, and we will never let the battle linger in the future. Do you understand?"
"clear."
After Manager Chen finished speaking, he handed over a bag of silver.
The other party found that in addition to the silver, there were some finger-sized gold ingots inside. He was a little surprised and asked, "Is this silver too much?" Even if it costs a part of the money, plus their remuneration, it is still a lot. It's almost twice what they usually get paid for their work.
"Take it, there will be no life for a long time. Let the people below share a share of this money. If possible, let them get married and have babies. Don't mess around. Spent."
So, that night, a rumor came out vaguely at the house of an official in Chang'an City, saying that the fourth prince Song Mo, who was neither a direct descendant nor a eldest son, nor a virtuous man, could surpass the second prince, the third prince and the crown prince's son, and become the son of Emperor Sejong. His successor, Xie Zhan, played an indispensable role.
It was he who used a trick to kill the prince and gave the fourth prince a chance to succeed to the throne.
The reason why Emperor Daxing took so many people away before his death was because he was looking for the mastermind who had devised a plan to kill the prince.
Of course Lu Songli made up this rumor, and of course she knew the truth was not the case. But what does it matter? She didn't care about the truth, she just put the hat on his head. This would be a critical time for Emperor Kang Cheng's funeral, and this kind of palace secret is the most eye-catching. The more explosive the words, the better. Xie Zhan is not innocent anyway.
As the saying goes, if you open your mouth to spread rumors, you will lose your legs if you refute them. What she wants is for Xie Zhan to remain silent. Those in the know are well aware of the water content, but they will also re-examine Xie Zhan's role in it.
Otherwise, it is useless to say that Xue Huaimin was the culprit who killed the prince, and then Xie Zhan just picked peaches and pushed Xue Huaimin out to vent his anger on Emperor Kang Cheng. It is useless to explain too much. Brain-burning! It's not as simple and crude as it is now.
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The Zhao family narrowly escaped disaster. Zhao Wenkuan heard again that the Qin family had been confiscated and exiled. Now everyone is in prison! Let’s call God for his eyes, call the late emperor for his sage!
Right! My daughter was right about everything! Although something went wrong in the middle and several people in the Xie family died, it was not important. The Xie family will still be a great family that has endured two dynasties. For a moment, Zhao Wenkuan felt like he had finally found out the result after placing a bet, and he finally won the bet.
Zhao Yutan is also in a good mood. The Qin family is in prison and the Qin family is going into exile! She could finally avenge her brother. Pingzhou, right? Lu Songli, you can't make it to Pingzhou.
Thinking of Qin Sheng, who had extremely high martial arts, Zhao Yutan decided to go back to Yuejia.
This time she also wanted Lu Songli to try what it felt like to be tricked into someone else's misery in times of crisis.
Zhao Wenkuan was very moved by his daughter's request and wanted to do it himself.
However, regarding the matter of burying the minister with him, although the Zhao family had a near-miss and escaped, Zhao Wenkuan was greatly frightened.
He learned from this experience that if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them: the rafters that stand out will die first. Whenever he has been acting up lately, he has been taken away. The fact that he was able to survive this little life was due to his recent silence.
So he learned to think twice before acting. Can he not do this? If it must be done, can it be done later? If not, can someone else do it?
Got it! I heard that Wu Yuchun, the Duzhi Shangshu who was responsible for the recent inspection of the Qin family, was very upset because the amount of property confiscated was quite different from the total assets of the Qin family.
So, Zhao Wenkuan found an opportunity to ask Wu Chunyu to go to Hualou for a drink at nightfall, and even gave some advice in the middle.
royal palace
"Your Highness, Fourth Highness, in the prison, the second girl of the Lu family, Lu Songli, sent a message saying that she wanted to have a talk with you."
"What does my Highness have to talk about with her?" After saying this, Song Mo suddenly felt something in his heart. "Send someone to ask Lu Desheng what he wants to say about his daughter's interview with His Highness."
Not long after, the person he sent came back and told him that Lu Desheng said it was up to him whether he wanted to talk or not.
Hearing this, Song Mo knew something in his heart. It's up to him whether to talk or not, and whether to take out the imperial edict or not.
"Your Highness knows this." As long as Lu Desheng was willing to let go, the fourth prince decided to take some time to meet Lu Songli.
It's not like he didn't send people to the Lu family to look for the posthumous edict, but he sent three waves of people to search through the Lu family, especially his study and bedroom, but still couldn't find it. To put it bluntly, his people probably know where some things are placed better than Lu Desheng himself.
The next day, Xie Zhan heard that the envoy from Dali Temple came to report that Wu Chunyu had found him and wanted to use him in prison to inquire about the whereabouts of the Qin family's property.
Xie Zhan pondered, the most troublesome thing for the fourth prince at present was to get the minister holding the two edicts to take them out to correct his position.
At present, it is known that one is in the hands of Lu Desheng in all likelihood.
As for the other posthumous edict, the fourth prince has already sent people to investigate. Before the death of Emperor Sejong, the ministers who met individually may all be holding the edict and are currently investigating.
What Xie Zhan didn't know was that their people were still investigating, but Lu Songli vaguely guessed who had the other edict.
Xie Zhan, on the other hand, was trying to figure out how to get Lu Desheng to take out the imperial edict in his hand.
It is difficult to force him. People say that he has no will in his hand, let alone the Lu family has a gold medal to avoid death.
It just doesn't make sense to reason with him. He is the censor and a famous troll in the court. No one can surpass him when it comes to reasoning with people.
The fourth prince had hinted at the temptation, but so far the other party was still unmoved.
This is very nerve-wracking. After thinking carefully, Xie Zhan felt that he still had to use force. Start with the Qin family, or rather start with Lu Songli.
Now Wu Yuchun goes to interrogate the Qin family. Although it is not so in line with the rules, it is still a way. Try it.
"Let Meng Xinliang cooperate with the other party."
Xie Zhan was still planning how to help the fourth prince ascend to the throne of God legitimately and without any controversy, but he had no idea that a huge crisis had come.
Someone has secretly set off a stormy sea, waiting for the opportunity to swallow him up. Not to mention the annihilation of the Xie family, but it can wipe out their efforts of several generations with one click.
