Chapter 618: share Taimiao

Chapter 618: share Taimiao

  Chapter 618 Sharing the Imperial Temple

  After Wuhai City surrendered the 40,000 Tuyuhun troops, everything went smoothly and there was no more war.

  From Wuhai to Shancheng, Shanzhou, Longyou, there was no need to go around in circles, and there was no need to fight. It went smoothly. It took half a month to travel 800 miles slowly, and returned to Longyou across Chiling.

  At the time of the expedition, there were tens of thousands of Tang and Qiang soldiers. After the Battle of Kushan, the auxiliary soldiers were left behind.

   In fact, there are still two thousand riders following Liang Jianfang to deal with the aftermath.

   It was late spring when the flowers were still blooming, but it was already early autumn when I came back.

  Twelve thousand Longyou Tang troops, six thousand and eight thousand Tibetan soldiers returned, almost all died in Tuyuhun.

   On the right side of Longlong, the beacon towers lit up fireworks early on, which is the smoke of peace.

  The 6,000-hundred-hundred-thousand Longyou Army also brought back 50,000 Tuyuhun soldiers, and thousands of nobles and children of the Tuyuhun tribes.

   Behind, followed by a mighty caravan, returning with a full load.

   Shancheng.

  The envoys Zheng Yuanxuan and Tang Jian sent by the imperial court have been waiting for a long time.

  The last time Qin Langku Mountain and Mantou Mountain were reported to Luoyang with great victories, the court was shocked, and the emperor danced with joy. In the end, he directly issued an edict to Qin Lang with double banners and double festivals, granting him the post of Jiedu Envoy of the West Sea Road.

The reward envoys sent by the imperial court arrived in Longyou, but they couldn't find Qin Lang. At this time, Qin Lang had already reached Fuqi City. The businessman said that Qin Lang had already led his army to Dafeichuan.

  Suddenly heard the news of Dafeichuan's disastrous defeat. Some said that Xue Wanche's South Army was completely annihilated, and others said that Qin Lang's North Army was besieged. All kinds of news made people panic.

  The envoy was too scared to look for it again, so he withdrew to Shanzhou.

   Anxiously reported the news of the failure to the emperor of Luoyang, and squatted in Shancheng to wait for the news. This report caused chaos in the Luoyang court. Li Shimin stayed up all night in shock. The prime ministers all sighed silently after hearing it.

  In the end, Li Shimin once wanted to conquer in person, sitting in Longyou, but was persuaded by the prime ministers to hold him down. Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji both said that the situation is unknown now, and the envoys only heard some rumors, and did not confirm the defeat.

In the end, the emperor sent his envoy Zhang Liang to Longyou, and sent people to investigate the situation in Tuyuhun. In order to prevent accidents, he asked Qin Qiong in Songzhou and Li Daozong in Liangzhou to strengthen their guards and protect the borders of Jiannan and Hexi. Gather an elite team and be ready to respond at any time.

  Also sent Minister of the Ministry of War and Hou Junji, who participated in politics, to Longyou to sit in Shanzhou, gather troops and horses, and prepare for defense.

   Fortunately, this fake news was proved to be false a few days later. The Longyou Bureau of the Zhenfu Division reported the news, confirming that Xue Wanche lost in Hot Spring Valley, Cheng Yaojin rescued him, and was besieged by Tuyuhun in Dafeichuan.

   But they were not wiped out, and Qin Lang had already led 60,000 troops to Dafeichuan for reinforcements.

  This news made the imperial court heave a sigh of relief.

   But there are also people who doubt the authenticity of this new news. After all, when Qin Lang sent troops from Longyou, there were not so many troops. Why is it that Cheng Yaojin's South Route Army is trapped in Dafeichuan, and after Qin Lang has won many victories, there are still 60,000 people?

  But no matter what, the whole court secretly looked forward to it.

  The Zhenfu Division also began to strengthen intelligence collection with all its strength.

When the news of the Battle of Yetaitan and Beishan was rushed back to Luoyang by Zhenfusi eight hundred miles away, the monarchs and ministers heard that Qin Lang defeated 250,000 Tuyuhun troops with 30,000 people, and abruptly broke the siege of Liu Lancheng. I was stunned and stunned.

   This information is really astonishing, 30,000 defeated 250,000, just listening to this title can make people shocked. But even if you read the details, you can't believe it. In a head-on battle, 30,000 fought against 150,000, and they won.

At the top and bottom of the court, Qin Lang, who commanded the victory in the battle of Yematan and Beishan, all gave a superb evaluation. Li Shimin even took the only information he had to organize a group of senior generals in Luoyang from the South and North Yamen to carry out the battle. After replaying the sand table for many times, he still thought it was not easy to win this battle, and Qin Lang had completely played at the level of a famous player.

  Emperor excitedly worshiped the prince and grand master to Qin Langchao, increased the number of solid food to 2,300 households before the closure, and even issued a special edict to give Qin Lang the supreme honor of being buried in the Taimiao and Zhaoling after his death.

  The Taimiao is the ancestral temple of the royal family, which contains the ancestors of the emperor. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, the Taizu Temple was dedicated to the fifth generation. In fact, there were four temples, and the Taizu Temple was vacant.

  The Taimiao system in the Tang Dynasty continued to be used in the Sui Dynasty.

Under this system, Li Hu should have been the Taizu in the Taimiao of the Tang Dynasty. Put him in the position of Taizu, but Zuozhao and Youmu, offering sacrifices to the four temples, vacating the position of Taizu.

According to the system of the Sui Dynasty, five temples were sacrificed, that is, only five emperors were sacrificed in the main temple of the Taimiao. If one was added, one would be moved out to the left and right rooms. Those who won the title of the country, such as Tang Guogong Li Hu, or the founding emperor Li Yuan.

  Other emperors, such as Li Yuan's father Li Yan, if the new emperor enters in the future, he has to be moved out.

Taimiao sacrificial offerings should be done at four o’clock every year, once in four, seven, and November, and once every three years, once every five years, and four times a year, and once every three to five years. The emperor wants to lead all the officials and ministers to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices.

  Only five emperors in the Taimiao could enjoy this kind of high-level sacrifice. After a long dynasty, the emperors who did not make any outstanding contributions would gradually move to the two side rooms and would not enjoy this kind of treatment.

  In addition, those ministers who have made special contributions to the dynasty will be given the qualifications to enjoy the Taimiao, even after the ministers die, they can also set up a statue to sit in the Taimiao.

  Each emperor will have several worthy heroes.

  And during the annual four-season sacrifice and the three-five-year grand sacrifice, these meritorious officials who deserve to enjoy the Taimiao can also enjoy the etiquette of the emperor kneeling down in person, and all officials also kneel down.

  As a subject, being able to make the emperors of the dynasty bow down is indeed the highest and highest standard in the feudal era, and this kind of treatment can be received by at most three or five meritorious officials for each emperor.

It has only been ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Although there have been two dynasties, the founding emperor is now the Supreme Emperor. He has not died yet, and he has not yet entered the Taimiao. Give Li Yuan the qualification to enjoy the Taimiao, after all, Li Yuan has not entered the Taimiao yet.

  As for the other four emperors in Taimiao, none of them were real emperors, they were just posthumous titles of emperors, so they were not worthy of meritorious service.

When the emperor was happy, he set a precedent for Qin Lang, allowing him to enjoy the Taimiao after his death and be buried with Zhaoling, which means that in the future, after Li Shimin himself enters the Taimiao after his death, Qin Lang will be able to stand with his statue on the throne of the Taimiao after his death. Next to it, enjoy the four-season sacrifice and the big sacrifice, and even after Li Shimin dies and is buried in Zhaoling, his imperial mausoleum, Qin Lang will have a place nearby, and when Qin Lang dies in the future, he will be buried beside him to accompany him .

   It is also an honor to be buried with the emperor's mausoleum, but as usual, each emperor's mausoleum is very large. For example, in the Han Dynasty, a county was often set up directly, and then countless powerful families were moved to enrich it. Moreover, many meritorious officials and relatives will be given the treatment of being buried with them, such as their own sons, daughters, concubines, and even their own loyal and meritorious officials, often reaching dozens or even hundreds of people.

It is not a big deal for everyone to say that Zhaoling was buried with Zhaoling. After all, Qin Lang is the emperor's eldest son-in-law. companion.

  But is it a bit too much to share the Taimiao? Some early?

  But Li Shimin was so excited that he directly shouted that Qin Lang deserved to enjoy the Taimiao after his death. How could he change it?

   As a result, Qin Lang became the first minister of the Tang Dynasty to receive this honor.

Maybe it felt that this was a bit too prominent, so the next day, Li Shimin issued another edict, specially bestowing Hejian King Li Xiaogong, Huai'an King Li Shentong, Dai Guogong Li Jing, Xun Guogong Yin Kaishan, and Lu Guogong Liu Wenjing. After death, Huo Guogong, Chai Shao and six people deserved to enjoy the honor of Emperor Wude's Taimiao, and gave them the qualifications to be buried with the mausoleum after death.

  These six are all important ministers of the Wude Dynasty and made great contributions to the founding of the country. Except for Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan who are dead, the other four are still there, especially Li Jing, who was still in the Zhenguan Dynasty.

  The emperor purposely assigned these six to his father Li Yuan, who would share Li Yuan's Taimiao in the future and be buried in Li Yuan's Xianling Mausoleum, which was still under construction.

  After granting these six ministers the honor of being buried with him, Li Shimin decreed that Qin Qiong would have the privilege of being buried in his own imperial temple and buried in Zhaoling after his death.

Qin Qiong was not allowed to enjoy his father Li Yuan's Taimiao and his dedicated tomb, but he specifically designated Qin Lang to share his own Taimiao and Zhaoling. It also fully shows that Li Shimin drew a line between Qin Qiong and those few. It was Li Shimin's confidant and important minister, not to Li Yuan.

  Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and other confidants, Li Shimin did not immediately give special orders to share and be buried with him.

In any case, these decrees caused a lot of commotion in the Luoyang government and the public. Li Jing fought so much, but in the end he was not included in Li Shimin's confidant, and was pushed to the Taishang Emperor's Taimiao. He was deeply valued and appreciated by Li Yuan, but in the end he was still drawn to his side by Li Shimin.

   Qin Qiong and Qin Lang were both given the honor of being buried in their own temple after death by the emperor, and it made people understand more and more how popular this father and son was.

  Not long after the envoy was dispatched, the eight hundred miles rushed again.

  Yematai victory.

It turned out that although Qin Lang was the decision maker of the Battle of Beishan, the commander was Chai Shao. Of course, in the final battle at Yematan, Qin Lang performed even better. His decision-making and command made Datang win this extremely beautiful battle. In a big battle, Fu Yun was beheaded in one fell swoop, and Tuyuhun was destroyed.

  Seeing the victory report, Qin Lang led only 5,000 cavalry to defeat Fuyun among the Tuyuhun army of 130,000, defeating the enemy army and sending down 100,000 troops. The emperor and important ministers were speechless.

  In the last battle of Beishan, 30,000 broke 150,000. This time, 5,000 broke 130,000 and killed Khan Fuyun. What kind of fairy battle is this?

  Did Tuyuhun destroy the country in World War I?

  Xijiang alert lifted.

But everyone was suddenly at a loss. Such a record is even more exaggerated than Li Jing's extermination of the Eastern Turks. Li Jing was planning for several years to destroy the country with an army of 180,000 from six groups and mobilize the power of hundreds of thousands of people. .

   And Qin Lang only used the soldiers and horses of Longyou, prepared in three months, and then fought for three months, and wiped out the Tuyuhun country that was three thousand miles away?

   Now, how do we reward meritorious deeds?

  (end of this chapter)