Chapter Twenty-Three: The Aftermath of the Turmoil

Thinking of this, Liu Ying turned his head to look at the Empress Dowager Shangguan and said: Sun Chen, the name is sick, and everyone in the world needs to avoid it. Sun Chen couldn't bear to suffer because of this, and Sun Chen wanted to ask the adults for a name here. The Empress Dowager Shangguan heard Liu Aiji's words, pondered for a moment and did not answer, but only whispered a few words to Li Li beside her. Seeing Li Li turn around and leave quickly, the Empress Dowager Shangguan held the wine bottle and said to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: "Today, the important ministers of the clan. The relatives of Chehou, the civil and military officials, are all there, and the mourning family thinks that there is something to announce, which is related to His Majesty. ”

The whole hall fell silent at once, and the noise and chatter disappeared one after another. Everyone knows that a major event related to the future of the Han family. Ongoing.

The first emperor, when he was dying, he had a will! The Empress Dowager Shangguan said loudly: "Please leave an edict ......" Soon, a eunuch held a silk book and presented it to the Son of Heaven. The civil and military officials, princes, nobles, and even eunuchs and maids of the Manchu Dynasty all knelt down and kowtowed: "The ministers respectfully hear the holy will!" ”

Liu Yi hurriedly kowtowed and said, "My lord, Sun Chen's head is stunned!" ”

The Empress Dowager Shangguan spread out the silk book and read it out: "The holy kings of Wengai Gu are all about maintaining the health of the people, and the people are in charge of the government, and the government is even, then the heavens will show it to be praised!" I (the first emperor) was Baozong Temple, with a small body entrusted to the Zhaomin king, it has been fifteen years, Lai Qunchen efforts, up and down unity, Mi has a military revolution, I am not sensitive, often afraid of the line, to shame the legacy of the first emperor, my descendants, see the edict self-examination also. The emperor's grandson Liu is ill, I Chang Jia also, there is a clever talent, the ability to laxative, its order, Liu Ill has been renamed as inquiry, the inquirer consults for the talent, the counselor is for the consultation, the consultation is for the degree, and the consultation is for the consultation. If you don't have the heart of sincerity and compassion for the world, you can't consult the talents and pay attention to the law. Boy Liu Xun, listen to me! Chinz! ”

Shangguan Empress Dowager finished reading this edict. The entire Xuanmuro Hall was silent for several seconds. Then, the ministers and nobles of civil and military affairs bowed respectfully: "The ministers will hear the holy will again, and they will be grateful!" ”

Liu Ai himself was stunned. Changed your name? Called Liu Xun?

What's the situation? When did there be such a thing as the edict of the first emperor?

He'd never heard of it! , which is not mentioned in the history books. Liu Xun is known to be the name of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty after he ascended the throne. Could it be said? , Liu Yi has thought of an answer that makes him dumbfounded. In order to change the name of the emperor, the first emperor must have such an edict, but he did not name who it was. After all, you must know that the first emperor had no heirs, but for example, if Liu He's congratulatory character is not changed, he will become an emperor in the future, and those who are related to He will have to change their names and avoid it.

On the other hand, Liu's illness is already two words, which is also a troublesome matter. Therefore, the Han family has always had the tradition of the emperor changing his name to make way for the world, so as to facilitate the people.

Liu Yi has changed his name, although there is no explanation in the history books, but how can there be an edict of the first emperor?

But no matter what, Liu Liu already knows that he only needs to respectfully accept the edict and bow his head now. So he bowed and said with tears streaming down his face: "The emperor's grandfather is a merciful lesson, and his grandson remembers it in his heart, and he doesn't dare to forget it!" Then he respectfully accepted the edict.

From this moment on, Liu's illness has disappeared, and it was replaced by Liu Xun!

Listening to this scene, the Empress Dowager Shangguan quietly lowered her head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. The first emperor did keep such an edict, but it was not assigned to a certain person, and it was left blank in the name column. The Empress Dowager Shangguan still remembers what the first emperor said to her before his death two years ago: "The Han family rules the world with virtue and filial piety, and I entrust it to hundreds of millions of people, with a slight name. Make it self-consolidated, and there is no doubt about its abolition! ”

After the Empress Dowager Shangguan finished announcing the edict, she personally lifted Liu Xun up and said earnestly: Don't live up to the trust of the emperor. After saying that, they all returned to their seats.

When Liu Xun had just sat down on the throne, he heard the servant Du Yannian stand up and say: "Your Majesty Fu Wei is doing the tricks, moving yin and yang, and the size of the ministers is undecided in the Changqiu Palace. Yi Yun: Received by Zi Jiezhi, the poem said: Thousands of blessings, hundreds of billions of descendants. Fang Jin is very lucky, His Majesty ascended the throne, the four seas are leveled, the sea is clear and the river is Yan, the Duchang Autumn Palace is undecided, the ministers and concubines have no longevity, and the dedication of the silkworm room is unpresiding.

Liu Che sat on the dragon seat and listened, but his heart was tumbling upside down. This Du Yannian, this is forcing the palace!. Today's palace banquet itself is to solve the name problem, and asking the Queen Mother to give her name has been supported by the Queen Mother. made Huo Guang unable to threaten himself in the name of the Empress Dowager Shangguan, and Du Yannian's request had to admit it. They had a good timing! In terms of the political tradition of the Han family, the owner of the Shufang Hall of the Changqiu Palace. It is generally decided two to three months after the emperor's accession to the throne, and then canonized. This is because. The Han dynasty advertised that it ruled the world with filial piety.

This sacrifice to the ancestral gods was an extremely important step in the politics of the Han dynasty.

In the sacrificial activities of the Han family, the Son of Heaven led the civil and military officials and the princes and ministers to offer money to the ancestral temple, and the queen led the wives of the ministers to offer silkworm silk to the ancestral temple, which were very important and indispensable political activities. Theoretically, if there is no queen, then no one can lead the wives of the ministers and officials to dedicate themselves to the temple.

And in the Han room. This kind of sacrificial activity, which must be held at the beginning of the year every year, can be said to be as important as the two sessions held every year in the later Celestial Empire.

Through this activity, the Emperor was able to reaffirm the sanctity of his own monarchy. More importantly, this was also a means used by the Han family to attack and weaken the power of the liehous. In the history of later generations, the excuse for the famous gold boycott of Emperor Wu was that the marquis did not pay enough money, so Liu Che, the emperor of filial piety, seized the excuse and took away the titles and feuds of more than 100 marquis.

However, using the excuse of discretion as an excuse to abolish the country is not Liu Che's original. History of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, there are not one or two unlucky ghosts who are unlucky. There was even a liehou, just because the amount of money dedicated to the temple sacrifice was only four taels less than the prescribed amount, he was grabbed by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and abolished the feudal country. Degraded to commoners.

In the Han family, which pursues filial piety to rule the world. The amount of money offered to the ancestors is insufficient, and the fineness is insufficient. All mean unfilial piety! And unfilial piety is a capital crime!

On the other hand, the princes were not good enough because of their offerings. The number is insufficient, and the cool law is applied. This is a ceremony to offer silkworm silk to the ancestors of the temple. If it can't be held because there is no queen, what should the emperor be guilty of?

From this point of view, it is indeed an urgent matter for Liu Xun in the future. It's July, and three months later, it's the beginning of the year. And the post-establishment process will not be completed in a month or two.

In other words, if Liu Che doesn't decide to establish a queen now, then it is likely that the queen will not be able to enter the Shufang Hall of Changqiu Palace before the arrival of the New Year.

Liu Xun's afterglow swept Du Yannian's body. Of course, Liu Xun knew that this was a test for the Huo Group. But he could not show any dissatisfaction, on the contrary, Huo's request, he should agree to it in its entirety. Because, at present, Liu Che knows that his wings are not yet full, and for many problems, he also needs to use the power of the Huo Group to exert influence on other factions in the court.

And Du Yannian, who was under the imperial stairs, had already read his seal to the end, he prostrate on the ground, and said: "Chen Yannian, Chen Mingyou, Chen Chongguo, Chen Ji, Chen Yu, Chen Shan, etc. are stupid and unrighteous, and they are sincerely afraid, and they will be punished by death, and they will worship and hear again!" ”

Liu Xun listened, and his heart trembled. This palace lineup is really luxurious!

Almost all the ministers in Beijing except for the prime minister and the general of the Che Cavalry were wiped out.

It seems that all the courtiers have also contributed to the matter! Of course, Liu Xun also understands that things like this kind of request for the establishment of the queen and the canonization of the crown prince. In the Han Dynasty, it is a politically correct job, and it has always been the ministers who have broken their heads and rushed to do it.

The reason is simple, the benefits are huge!

As far as the queen is concerned, the ministers who jointly invite the queen to be appointed will definitely return the favor after the queen is canonized. In the future, when the queen becomes the queen mother and sits in the East Palace, if this courtier encounters any difficulties, the East Palace will remember the past and take into account public opinion, so he must always pull a hand. Some may even have developed a deep personal relationship with the Empress from then on.

Thinking of this, Liu Xun suppressed the anger in his heart and said lightly: "What the servant discusses, even with me, he ordered Shaofu, Taichang, and Zongzheng to select suitable beauties, report to the East Palace, and ask the Empress Dowager to decide!" ”

Liu Xun said this. Du Yannian immediately bowed his head and said, "The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's system!" "Under the current circumstances, there are only a few people to choose from for the so-called suitable beauties, but only Huo Guang's daughter and Xu Pingjun can stand up. But it is still unknown who will spend the flowers.

Merely. This procedure still has to go a long way. According to tradition, the canonization of queens, that is, the selection of those of the right age. A woman with an innocent family. Then, a few winners were selected and sent to the East Palace to be decided by the Queen Mother.

In fact, everyone knows this step, and it is basically the same as the public announcement of the Western cooking in later generations, but it is just to deceive outsiders. The real winner has already been decided.

But the program has come this far and is only the beginning. Then it has to go through the temple divination, and the ministers officially put forward at the court meeting how so-and-so has both virtue and appearance, and there is Shuyuan's Yi, and then Liu Che pushed the boat down the river, and issued an edict to be officially canonized.

But that's not all. The Han family system, the queen's rank is higher than the king, the red ribbon jade seal, and the throne is prestigious. Therefore, there had to be a grand canonization ceremony. Basically, this set of procedures cannot be completed without two or three months.

So Liu Xun has time to intervene.................................................