Chapter 1479: supreme king
Chapter 1479 The Supreme King
"Saint!"
Gao Fu rushed to the Zichen Hall and rushed to play the emperor.
The emperor was flipping through the memorials, and there were more than a dozen memorials on the imperial case, but they were all about the same thing. Gao Fu quickly glanced at these memorials, and understood what the emperor was studying again.
These memorials have actually been processed.
When a secretary below submits a memorial to the Central Committee, a copy will be sent to the Xuanhui Academy for backup, and the other original copy will be distributed to the East and West for disposal according to the difference between civil and military affairs.
The emperor usually holds a copy with his trusted inner court eunuchs and Beimen scholars to study the disposal plan, just like the two governments give a ticket, but these disposal results will not be issued, and in the end they are only archived records, similar to a simulation Ticket proposed.
After the two governments submit the formal proposals, the emperor will generally agree. Even if the result is different from what he proposed with the inner court eunuchs and Beimen scholars, the emperor will rarely reject it.
For this kind of different disposal, the emperor would often put these memorials together afterwards and study them again, although the results would not change each time.
"Saint."
Emperor Li Hao looked up, "What's the matter?"
"The king of Luzon is dead!"
"Grand Master died?" The emperor raised his head abruptly, his eyes were wide open, and there was even a subtle hint of joy in the depths of his eyes.
Gao Fu hurriedly reminded the emperor, "The grand master just passed the throne of Lu Song to his eldest son Qin Yu at Zhengdan, and abdicated as the Supreme King. It was Qin Yu who died, and it is said that he died suddenly..."
The joy in the emperor's heart gradually disappeared.
"Oh!" After a long time, the emperor said "oh!"
Closed the memorial in his hand and threw it on the table, and the emperor sat back on the imperial couch.
Gao Fu quickly poured a cup of tea for the emperor, and then carefully reported the specific details. The news came from the intelligence department of the inner court, and was reported by Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing from Lijingmen.
Lijingmen is an intelligence agency established by the emperor through the eunuchs of the inner court. This name is not the official name of the institution, but because the Yamen was established in Luoyang Lijingmen, so it was called so, just like a department under the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Intelligence agencies, known as the Six Doors.
In essence, Lijingmen is a secret intelligence agency affiliated to Xuanhuiyuan. It is not an official government office and is under the jurisdiction and control of eunuchs. Recruiting everywhere, placing eyeliner everywhere, because the funds are sufficient, and the eunuchs have the support of the emperor, so Lijingmen has expanded rapidly in recent years.
In terms of intelligence and news, it is indeed not bad.
They also planted a lot of hidden eyeliners in Luzon, such as Qin Yu's sudden death, which is not secret news, can be sent back to Luoyang as soon as possible.
But Lu Song's official memorial will arrive later.
"The Grand Master has already sent someone to play, please the saint canonize his eldest grandson, Qin Xiaogong, as the new King of Luzon!"
The emperor was holding the teacup, a little dazed.
Qin Yu had just inherited the throne of Luzon, and he passed away in less than a month. It was unexpected that such an accident would happen to Luzon.
"Is the Grand Master okay?"
"The news from Luzon, the Grand Master is still strong."
Hearing this news, the emperor Li Hao was a little disappointed. Qin Lang, the pillar of the country, had already become a mountain that weighed on the young emperor's head, and he was even a little out of breath.
"There is some unsure news that the Grand Master once wanted to abolish the eldest son and establish the eldest son, Qin Jun as the king, and Qin Xiaozhong as the son, but they were all rejected by Qin Jun. Then, after Qin Yu's sudden death, the Grand Master called Qin Jun for a secret discussion. For a long time, it was said that he still wanted Qin Jun to be the king, but Qin Jun still refused, and finally the Grand Master had no choice but to let Qin Xiaogong inherit the throne."
Actually.
On the day of Qin Yu's sudden death, Qin Xiaogong had already inherited the throne in front of the deceased father's spirit in the San Francisco Palace, under the witness of Luzon princes and vassals.
Now Qin Lang is presenting himself to the Emperor of Luoyang and requesting canonization, but it is just a supplementary procedure according to the usual practice.
In this case, it is impossible for the emperor of Luoyang to have side effects.
Unless it is said that Qin Lang suddenly disappeared, and then Qin Jun robbed his nephew of the throne and asked the court to confer him, only then would the emperor interfere.
"Wait for the arrival of the Luzon Memorial!"
The emperor was a little uninterested.
Five days later, Lu Song's memorial arrived.
Qin Lang personally wrote the memorial to the emperor, one is to report the death of the emperor, the king of Lusong, and the other is to ask his son Xiaogong to be the new king of Lusong, and canonize Xiaogong's eldest son Qin Zhao as the new son.
After the emperor received the performance, he issued an edict to serve Qin Yu for five days, posthumously present the Taibao, posthumously posthumously Zhuang Su, posthumously present the servant, be buried with the Dingling Mausoleum, and share the Taimiao.
The posthumous title can be regarded as the final conclusion given by the imperial court. The posthumous title of Zhuang Su is a very special one among the posthumous titles. Like Zhuang Su, it can be commended or derogated, and has various meanings.
For example, Duan Zhixuan in Lingyan Pavilion hero is also Zhuang Su.
In general, Zhuang Su is still a relatively good posthumous title. For example, among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, seven posthumous titles are Xiang, and Xiang is a beautiful posthumous title with military exploits.
Of course Qin Qiong's loyalty is higher.
Qin Yu will be called King Qi Zhuangsu in the future.
The treatment after death was good, with high standards, not only because he was the king of Lu Song, but more because of Qin Lang's status.
Qin Lang, the patriarch of the Six Dynasties who was in charge of the five emperors and established the four emperors, is still alive, so the treatment of his eldest son is naturally high enough.
This is for the living to see.
Dingling Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Tang Gaozong Li Zhao, the fourth emperor of Tang Dynasty. He is Qin Lang's nephew and Qin Yu's cousin. Li Zhao passed away after more than a year in office, and Qin Yu passed away after only one month in office. The reasons for their deaths are similar.
The imperial court enfeoffed Qin Xiaogong as King of Qi, King of Lusong, General of Shangzhu Kingdom, Tejin, Zuo Shenji, Crown Prince Taibao, Governor of Lusong Province, Nanyang Consolation Envoy, and his son Qin Zhao as the son of King of Lusong and Yueshenji. Duke Guo, Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Zhu Guo, San Francisco Fu Mu, General You Xiaowei...
The emperor sent Gao Fu to pay his condolences to Lu Song in person with various gifts and rewards, and comforted Grand Master Qin Lang.
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When the Luoyang emperor's envoy arrived in San Francisco, Luzon, Qin Xiaogong had already served his father's 27-day filial piety.
Daxiang on the 25th, released on the 27th.
As the king of a country, Qin Xiaogong’s filial piety for his father is also based on the day instead of the month. The three-year filial piety period of 27 months was actually served for 27 days, and he even ascended the throne on the day of Qin Yu’s death. , and then a formal enthronement ceremony was held after March 7th.
San Francisco seems to be back to normal.
It was as lively as ever.
Qin Lang was crowned the Supreme King of Lu Song by the imperial court.
As the grandfather of the new king, who was promoted from Supreme King to Supreme King, Qin Lang had no expression when he received the decree, and there was no sadness on his face.
For an old guy in his eighties, it was already expected that a white-haired person would send a black-haired person.
There is no sign of national mourning in San Francisco Port, which is what Qin Lang meant.
There is no need to be too obsessed with those ceremonies, keep everything simple so as not to affect social life, so Luzon’s national mourning lasts for one month, and drinking and entertainment are prohibited within this month, but slaughter is not allowed. Everyone else is returning to normal life.
Gao Fu also brought greetings from several empress dowagers and queens in the palace, who were also Qin Yu's aunts, sisters, nieces, and grandnieces.
"The sage specifically exempted Luzon from this year's tax for one year."
"I thank the sage." The new king, Qin Xiaogong, paid his respects to the north. The 28-year-old Qin Xiaogong, in terms of seniority, is still the uncle of the current emperor. The emperor's grandmother Tianhou is Xiaochang's aunt, and Empress Zhongzong is his cousin. The current empress is the daughter of his younger brother Qin Shi, and the quasi-emperor concubine Qin Shi is the granddaughter of his younger brother Xiaozhong.
The Qin family in Lu Song Dynasty and the Li family of the royal family have been married to the Qin family for five generations, from the time when the ancestor inherited Qian and married Qin Lang's two younger sisters, through Gaozong, Zhongzong, to the current emperor, and the crown prince. And the Qin family started from Qin Lang marrying Li Lizhi, the daughter of the holy ancestor, Princess Taiping. Qin Lang's son, grandson, even great-grandson and great-great-grandson were also married to the royal family for five generations.
This kind of marriage will definitely continue in the future.
This is due to the special status of the two families. As long as the current situation is not broken, this marriage will continue.
The Qin family had queens of four dynasties and a concubine, and there will definitely be a fifth, even a sixth and a seventh queen in the future.
And Qin Lang's first wife is Princess Taiping, the eldest son Qin Yu's first wife is the princess Chengqian, the eldest son Qin Xiaogong's wife is Gaozong's princess, and the current eldest son Qin Zhao is only seven years old, but he is also the successor of the current son Back then, Qin Zhao was married to his eldest princess.
This generational marriage actually has nothing to do with love or anything to do with the parties involved. It is just a marriage of two huge interest groups.
Even Qin Lang could hardly stop this kind of political marriage.
"I heard that Yue King Li Zhen rebelled in Erhai Lake, Dali?" Qin Lang asked.
"It is true, but the imperial court has sent troops to quell the chaos, and I believe it will be quelled soon." Gao Fu did not hide that Yue Wang Li Zhen was the eighth son of the ancestor Li Shimin, who was first named King of Han and appointed Governor of Xuzhou.
His age is the same as Qin Jun's, sixty-nine and almost seventy this year.
His mother, Concubine Yan De, as the son of the fourth concubine, Li Zhen has a good status among Li Shimin's sons. It can even be regarded as the longest-lived among the ancestors.
Those of his brothers, every dynasty, there are always three or two involved in the conspiracy case and killed. It is rare for Li Zhen to live until now.
Different from most of the royal clan of the Li family, Li Zhen and his tenth younger brother, Ji Wang Li Shen, have a pretty good reputation. They are good at riding and archery, and also involved in literature and history.
Li Zhen's fief was changed several times, and finally it was sealed in Erhai Lake. The imperial court set up Dali Mansion, which was appointed as the governor. It was originally the fiefdom of Hou Junji. Very successful, Dali is the two supporting points of Yunnan, especially after the development of Yongchang, Lishui, Dianyue and other places, Dali is a must pass, so Dali develops very rapidly.
Together with Tonghai and Kunming, it is called the three pearls of Nanzhong.
As a royal family, Li Zhen also contributed a lot to the prosperity of Dali, but as she got older, she gradually became confused.
Especially when Li Haogang succeeded to the throne, after Xu Jingye's brothers Feng Wu Wang Li Ke's son Li Kun's rebellion failed, many princes and princes of Gaozu, Shengzu, and Shizu's princes and vassals were involved in the rebellion case, and were investigated and even implicated.
Among them, some really complained, and some were simply repaired by the new emperor.
Originally, clans and feudal vassals enfeoffed border lands, and they always existed in a special way. Few would really dare to rebel and rebel, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it is inevitable that they will be a little bit coercive and convincing, or even bullying the local area. , It may even be that a certain descendant of a vassal prince did not live up to his expectations.
But there are many such things, and the court princes are not happy.
Just as the new emperor was succeeding to the throne, there was a rebellion in the clan, so the princes took the opportunity to find faults and repair the clan, so as to prevent them from going too far.
This was originally just a matter of killing chickens and monkeys.
However, Li Chong, the son of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Li Chong, the king of Langya County, were indeed involved in Li Kun's rebellion. Also involved were Li Zhuan, the son of King Li Yuanjia of Han, Li Zhuan of Huang Guogong, the son of King Li Yuanjia of Han, Li Xu of Jiangdu, the son of King Li Yuangui of Huo, and Li Lingkui, king of Lu. Son Fanyang Wang Li Ai, Guo Wang Li Feng's son Dongguan County Gong Li Rong, etc.
Seeing that the fire was about to burn themselves, these bold clans decided to take active actions to save themselves.
Huang Guogong Li Zhuan forged an expired imperial edict of Li Yin, the ancestor of the ancestors, saying that I was imprisoned by Li Xian, and the clans of all vassal clans should send troops to rescue me. Then Li Chong added this similar edict of Li Yin's plea for help, adding In a word, I plan to hand over the Li family's country to the emperor's younger brother, Yue Wang Li Zhen.
As for the reason, it is naturally that the Qin family stands behind Li Xian's mother and son, and they intend to usurp the Li family and so on.
If the ancestor Li Yin has been dead for decades, what is the point of you taking out this edict at this time?
But for this group of clan and vassals who are eager to save themselves, they really dare to use any trick.
Li Chong and Li Zhuan are also very courageous. They plan to contact the clan kings to raise troops together to challenge King Qin of Luoyang, and then support Yue King Li Zhen to succeed him.
It's just that although these people are jumping up and down very happily, when they really want to risk their lives, they are not in one mind, and most of them are hesitant.
When it came time to formally agree to raise troops, only Li Chong and Li Zhen and his son raised troops. The other kings were not ready yet. Some hesitated, and some tried to raise troops but failed.
Because the number of guards of the kings on the frontier fiefs is limited, and the military, government and financial power are basically in the hands of the court officials. Civil and military officials were arrested and imprisoned.
Li Zhen and his son were able to raise troops successfully because Li Zhen is indeed more capable and has more prestige in Erhai. He also has many slaves and has a good relationship with many barbarians around him. Soliciting exile, generous promises, false edicts, etc., really succeeded in capturing Dali City and raising troops.
However, the reason why Qin Lang asked this question was just to use it as a talking point. The rebellion of Li Zhen and his son may not be as big as the rebellion of Li Kun and Xu Jingye.
It is impossible for Li Zhen to rebel successfully, but as Li Zhen and his son officially seized Dali and rebelled, it may trigger another round of purges of the imperial family.
Originally, maybe they just wanted to use Li Kun's rebellion to beat the clan and make them behave more honestly, but after such a disturbance, the imperial court could only deal with them severely.
Even Qin Lang heard some rumors that some officials in the court proposed to abolish the system of feudal feudalism, and the person who proposed was an eighth-rank junior censor. The discussion of the seal probably came from the emperor's intention, but the emperor was smarter, so he first found a small character to bring up the topic.
Gao Fu nodded.
"This time, more than a dozen clan kings participated in the rebellion, which is too appalling. Since the ancestors of Zhenguan implemented the system of enfeoffment, the clan's enfeoffment of frontier lands did not fulfill the vision of the Pingfan court. On the contrary, In every dynasty, the clan kings conspired to rebel and rebelled, and the rebellion became more and more serious, such as this time, it has seriously threatened the court."
"The grand master was also the prime minister who assisted the ancestors in formulating the system of enfeoffment. Now this result is unexpected by the grand master, right? The grand master thinks that there has been a big problem with the system of enfeoffment for the clan?"
Qin Lang heard the meaning in his words, it was obviously asked on behalf of the emperor.
"That's right. Back then, I was the one who took the lead in supporting the law of the Holy Ancestor. Even now, I still firmly support the system of the world. There is nothing wrong with the system of the world. What is wrong is only those who rebel. That's all. Even if there is no feudal system, don't those people stay in Luoyang and Chang'an, if they really want to rebel, they won't rebel?"
"Don't give up eating because of choking!"
Gao Fu heard Qin Lang's answer, so he nodded and shut up. He was just here to test Qin Lang's attitude towards cutting feudal clans on behalf of the emperor. Since Qin Lang has clearly expressed his attitude, his mission will be accomplished.
As for whether to cut or not to cut in the end, it is not up to Gao Fu, a eunuch, to decide.
"The grand master thinks that if the imperial court stops the system of enfeoffment of the clan, how about putting them in the capital?" After a while, Gao Fu asked another question, "Of course, the feudal titles of meritorious officials are still the same, just like before. "
The young emperor wanted to raise all the Tang clan as pigs and lock them up in the capital, not allowing them to go to other places, let alone seal them up. This idea is not uncommon.
After all, in history, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty did this later.
To set up the ten kings' house and the hundred grandchildren's courtyard, and detain the clan's clan in the capital to raise pigs. In this way, the clan's local rebellion can indeed be avoided, but in this way, it also runs counter to Li Shimin's hope that the royal descendants can block the imperial court. . In the late Tang Dynasty, when the Tang Dynasty collapsed, the descendants of Li Tang basically did not play their due role. When Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, the descendants of the Li family were just killed as pigs.
This aspect is not as good as the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang sent his descendants to raise pigs in various places, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, at least he could pull out a flag in front of his face, and at least there was a small court in the Southern Ming Dynasty for decades.
But in the Tang Dynasty, it never happened. The key is the restriction of the Tang Dynasty's clan policy. It can neither be a prime minister or a general, nor can it go out of the town. It can't even take the imperial examination. It can only be raised in Beijing. , Naturally, they all turned into waste in the end.
Li Hao is very scheming.
Although the matter has nothing to do with it, Qin Lang feels that although there are some problems with the current clan seal of the frontier, it is not a big problem.
Compared to raising pigs in the capital, it is actually not wrong to entrust them to other places.
"I think the patriarchal system established by the Holy Ancestor is very good." Qin Lang expressed his attitude again.
Today the emperor wanted to cut down the vassals of the clan, and he Qin Lang agreed. Who can guarantee that the emperor will not continue to cut down vassals with different surnames after cutting down the clan?
"Please return to Luoyang, Lord Gao, to play the role of the emperor, the feudal vassals guarding the frontier, screen the imperial court, there are always more loyal ones!"
(end of this chapter)