Without waiting for Liu Bei to get up, many wealthy businessmen came to greet the right and left neighbors in the colony.

When Liu Bei married Mrs. Qiru, there was a long banquet in the colony. Close to each other. I learned that Liu Bei returned to Beijing yesterday. I came to visit early.

The main bookkeeper Jia Xu brought the four major guests in the house, Yang Feng, Han Xian, Hu Cai, and Li Le greeted each other with smiling faces.

I heard that the general had a happy reunion with his old friends last night, and he didn't wake up from a hangover. The wealthy merchants nodded in admiration. The general is a true hero. He is also a man of temperament.

The so-called poor and lowly friends must not be forgotten, and the wives of the chaff will not go to court.

The general is true to his words and deeds. Isn't that so?

Jia Xu ordered people to offer treasures and artifacts taken from the Western Regions as a return gift. The neighbors on the left and right were all overjoyed.

Soon after, the Ouchi official Cao Jie arrived in a car. Hearing that the general hadn't gotten up yet, he smiled and said: It's okay.

The main bookkeeper Jia Xu wanted to invite the lord, but was rejected by the big internal official: how dare the old slave surprise the master.

Jia Xu will accompany him.

Until the sun rises three poles. Liu Bei woke up slowly. Wash and change clothes and finish breakfast. Shi Lian came to report, so he rushed to the front hall to meet.

"I've kept the old man waiting."

"It's an old slave, and people are old and short. It's early. Cao Jie bowed to the ground.

Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

The guest and the host are seated.

After the greetings, Shang Shuling and Da Changqiu, the official Cao Jie, went straight to the point.

Saying. In the present Han Dynasty, there are four books under the emperor: one is the policy book, the second is the book of preparation, the third is the edict, and the fourth is the edict. The planner, the compilation is also two feet long, the short one is half a half, the seal book, the year, month and day, called the emperor, in order to order the princes and kings. The three princes also give advice to forgive crimes, and to use the official book, with a ruler and a wood, two lines, but this is different. The bookmaker, the order of the emperor's system, its text says that the three princes of the edict are sealed, the Shangshu order is resealed, and the county of Lubu Prefecture is also. ”

Nowadays, there are two situations in which you can use a policy book.

Seal the princes and kings, and exempt the three princes.

In both cases, the size of the compilation used, and the font in which it is written. There are differences.

When the princes were crowned, "the length of the system is two feet, and the short one is half a seal".

When the sin is exempted from the three gongs, "and with the official book, with a ruler of one wood, two lines".

Whether it is a prince or a king, or a crime exempted from the three dukes. A set of corresponding ceremonies is required. It is called "Cefeng".

Because "policy" is the same as "book", it is also called "canonization".

When the ceremony was held, the "policy" was used as a certificate to bestow the name of the country and the throne, so it was called "the sealing policy", also known as the "policy book".

When the emperor confers titles on the kings, the messenger who presides over the ceremony reads the edict to the recipient.

After the sealing ceremony is over, the policy will be handed over to the recipient along with the seal. It shall be kept forever as a certificate and token of its sealing.

The rules are clear. There is no objection.

The reason why I came to discuss with Liu Bei. Because it is different from the usual brothers, heirs, and princes.

Liu Bei and His Majesty, in terms of blood relationship, are not direct blood relatives.

Where to be sealed is the focus of the discussion.

"Dare to ask the boss, where are you usually sealed?" Liu Bei asked.

"Generally in Taimiao." Cao Jie said: "The envoy is a positive one. He is serving as the third public. The deputy envoy is Zongzheng. ”

Liu Bei then woke up: "But because of the Han family, there are people who oppose it? ”

"Yes, yes." Cao Jie sighed: "Someone among the clan said: 'Although the prince is a descendant of the former Han Dynasty. However, the King of Zhongshan in the former Han Dynasty and the King of Zhongshan in the present Han Dynasty are two different branches. And the country of thistle is newly sealed, and there is no inheritance on the ancestors. Throughout the ages, no temple can be enjoyed. It is precisely because of this that His Majesty sent the old slave to ask the prince what should be done in this matter? ”

Liu Bei understood.

In a word: the Zhongshan royal line in the former Han Dynasty was replaced by the Zhongshan royal line in the present Han Dynasty. The temple in Luoyang is dedicated to the current Han Dynasty Tianjia Zhengshuo. Only recognize the current Zhongshan King.

As for Liu Bei's clan god, he had already been burned by the Red Mei Army with the Taimiao Temple in Chang'an.

"What does the old man think?" Liu Bei asked.

"The old slave thinks that there are two ways today. Don't go to the Taimiao, one of them. Go to Taimiao, the second also. ”

"What should I do if I don't go to Taimiao." Liu Bei always felt that the current situation was similar to that of the young ancestors.

In the sleeves of the internal officials, each has a copy of the edict.

One is a reinstatement, and the other is a knighthood.

Raising his sleeves high, he asked Liu Bei with a smile: Shaojun chooses left or right?

"If you don't go to the temple. Then everything is simple. Why did he come forward. It is the old slave who comes to the door with a letter of advice, and he can make the prince get his wish. Cao Jie replied with a smile.

"What if you go to Taimiao?" Liu Bei asked again.

"If you go to Taimiao, you need to have a heritage." Cao Jie replied again: "And the prince can't inherit the lineage of the king of Zhongshan yet." The only way to go. It is to posthumously crown the prince's father as the king of thistle, and deserve to enjoy the temple. In this way, there is a legacy. The prince went to the Taimiao to be enshrined again. It's a matter of course. ”

It turns out that the pit is here.

In a nutshell. Liu Bei wanted to be sealed in front of the Taimiao. It is necessary to occupy a place in the temple.

And you can't use the spiritual seat of the King of Zhongshan yet. You can only use the position of the Thistle King.

So. He wanted to posthumously crown his father Liu Hong as the king of thistle and give him a nickname.

For example, Liu Bei's ancestor Zhongshan Jingwang.

The word "Jing" is the nickname.

And chasing the seal is the same as "chasing the confession" and "chasing the respect". Refers to the addition of a title to the deceased.

In a word. The so-called inheritance means that you want your ancestors to go to the temple to occupy a place. The closest ancestor to Liu Bei is naturally his father Liu Hong.

This also means: Liu Bei has to pay another sum of money. Please posthumously crown your father as "King of Thistle". "Some" is the nickname.

So. I really live in the present, and I know that none of the things are simple.

I want to get a legacy. Need to enjoy the temple.

Lucky.

and later emperors chased the ancestors of the four generations in one go. It is different if the eighteen generations of ancestors are crowned as the first emperors. During the two Han Dynasty, only his father was posthumously sealed.

For example, Gaozu only named his father as the emperor, and there was no emperor character. Guangwu also only named his father Nantonjun.

Compared with the two founding emperors, Liu Bei only needs to spend another money. Buy a throne for his late father Liu Hong. That's it.

Enjoy the benefits of the Taimiao. Obvious.

Just enter the Jongmyo Temple. Liu Bei, the lineage of the thistle king, naturally obtained the right to inherit the throne.

Once His Majesty dies and has no heirs. When the queen mother and the general set up a new emperor. The Kingdom of Thistle is in the selection scope of the new emperor's candidates.

Spend a sum of money and get the right to inherit the throne.

It can be described as a million profits.

However, is that really the case?

Liu Bei always felt. The whole thing is evil. Behind it is a great murderous motive.

According to His Majesty's merchant nature. took the opportunity to make Liu Bei another sum of money. Obviously reasonable.

However. Once Liu Bei bought the right to inherit the throne. Your Majesty, is it still the Merchant's Majesty?

"But I don't know how the prince decides?" Seeing that Liu Bei was silent in thought, Cao Jie, the official of the Great House, asked.

Ponder over. Liu Bei let out a long sigh: "Your Majesty is really still Your Majesty." ”

"Why did the prince say this?" Cao Jie was puzzled.

Liu Bei replied to the question: "If the old man returns to the emperor and the temple, the minister will not go." ”

Cao Jie was stunned for a long time. This solemnly bowed: "Old slave, take the order." ”