Chapter 299: The Upper Horn

Li Chengqian soon issued an edict appointing Li Ke as the third secretary of the Kaifu Yitong, and the official worship was empty, and Li Ke was awarded the official position of governor of Liangzhou. 35xs

This move was naturally opposed by the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang, and the opposition of the eldest grandson Wuji and others was suppressed by Li Chengqian.

In the end, Li Chengqian still granted Li Ke these official positions, and the eldest grandson Wuji and others had no choice but to accept them.

At the same time, in addition to the establishment of the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Ya and the Forbidden Army of the North Ya, a new institution was set up - Jinyiwei.

Responsible for spying on military intelligence and other spy activities, not under the jurisdiction of any agency, directly responsible to the emperor himself.

The Jinyi guards were selected from the members of the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Ya and the Forbidden Army of the Northern Ya.

Li Chengqian's initial proposal to establish a Jinyi Guard organization was opposed by the elder Sun Wuji and other veteran forces.

Fortunately, his career as a prince for so many years has not been in vain, and he has his cronies in the three provinces and six ministries, so he can finally compete with the eldest grandson Wuji and others in the court discussion, and finally successfully establish the secret service organization of Jinyiwei.

"If you have something to do, you have nothing to do!" Wang Quan took Wang Yuan's place, and he shouted this sentence above the court.

"Your Majesty! The minister has this prelude. Li Jingxuan, the head of the household, came out of the ranks.

"What did you do?" Li Chengqian asked.

It's August now, and according to the trajectory of history, there has been an earthquake in Hedong now, and this should be what Li Jingxuan wants to play.

In fact, in order to cope with the earthquake, Li Chengqian also made a lot of preparations, although he could not prevent the occurrence of the earthquake. Flash Dance

However, some precautions have been made, even if there is no loss, at least the loss is to minimize the loss.

However, Li Chengqian did not know how effective these preventive measures would be and how much the losses could be reduced.

"Your Majesty, there was an earthquake in Hedong and other places, and the situation in the rest of the places was fine, only Jinju was the most serious, crushing and killing hundreds of people."

"The minister implored His Majesty to issue an edict for disaster relief, pacify the people, and order the local government yamen to make proper arrangements." Li Jingxuan said.

Although this result is still painful, it still saves a lot of losses, reducing the number of people who might have been crushed to death from 5,000 to a few hundred.

This is enough to prove that his efforts are not ineffective, as for why he has made preparations in advance, and there are still people who have died, this must be investigated carefully.

Something went wrong, or is there some other reason.

"What Aiqing said is extremely true! As a result of the earthquake, the people of Hedong have lost their homes and loved ones, and they must be heartbroken. ”

"In addition to letting the local government yamen be responsible for the reconstruction, the official department Shangshu went to express condolences on behalf of the imperial court and exempted Hedong from paying taxes for three years." Li Chengqian said.

The reason why the officials who manage the attendance and promotion of the officials are allowed to go, rather than the household department that manages civil affairs.

It is because the secretary of the ministry is the eldest grandson Wuji's group, and sending him to the east of the river is conducive to the further power of the minister's servant. 35xs

The servant of the Ministry of Officials is his Li Chengqian's person.

"Command!" The secretary of the ministry was listed to receive the order.

"Do you have anything else to do?" Li Chengqian asked, if not, he would have to retreat.

"Your Majesty! The coffin of the first emperor has been resting in the Liangyi Hall for some time, and it is time to choose an auspicious day for burial. The Chinese book ordered Chu Suiliang to come out of the way.

This is a major event, it must be done, Li Er's coffin has been parked in the Liangyi Hall for more than two months, nearly three months.

Li Chengqian looked at Qin Tianjian and said, "Order Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious day, so that the first emperor can be buried in the mausoleum and put into the ground." ”

As soon as Li Chengqian's words fell, the Qintian Supervisor stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty!" The eighteenth of this month is auspicious, suitable for funerals. ”

"Since Qin Tianjian has already chosen an auspicious day, he will bury the first emperor on the eighteenth day of this month." Li Chengqian said.

Everything was arranged, and as soon as the time came, Li Er's coffin was removed from the Liangyi Hall and transported to Zhaoling for burial.

"Your Majesty! Please be the first emperor and the temple number! "Xu Jingzong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out to salute.

It is a normal process to give the first emperor a nickname and a temple number, and some ministers propose it, and then the emperor will bring it to all the ministers to discuss together.

What kind of nickname and temple name should be given to the first emperor to summarize the life achievements of the first emperor.

To put it bluntly, the new emperor gave the previous old emperor a posthumous evaluation to evaluate his life's merits.

Generally speaking, the successor emperor will naturally give the first emperor a good word, and the nicknames and temple names are mostly willing to wait for some merits of the first emperor.

The so-called nickname is to use one or two words to make a general evaluation of a person's life, which can be regarded as a final conclusion.

"Do you think Aiqing should give the first emperor what nickname and temple name should be given?" Li Chengqian looked at the hundred officials above the hall and asked.

He didn't know anything about it, and he didn't understand the meaning of the nickname at all.

"Your Majesty! The minister thought that he should give the first emperor the title of Emperor Wen. The eldest grandson Wuji came out of the ranks.

"What's the explanation?" Li Chengqian asked inexplicably, he really didn't know anything about this.

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned when Li Chengqian asked him this.

It's not that his eldest grandson Wuji doesn't understand the meaning of the law, it's that he thinks Li Chengqian shouldn't understand this.

Since he understands, why would he ask this, maybe he wants to give the first emperor other nicknames?

"Your Majesty thinks that Emperor Wen has something wrong and wants to give another name to the first emperor?" Eldest Sun Wuji asked.

"I don't think there's anything wrong, I just think that if this happens, it won't be enough to show the merits of the first emperor." Li Chengqian naturally can't say that he doesn't understand the nickname, so he can only say that.

"Through the heavens and latitudes, diligent and inquisitive, cultivating virtue and coming far away, benevolence and love for the people, faithfulness and receiving gifts, benevolence and benevolence, moral erudition, tin people's titles, rigidity and softness, cultivation and governance of the class system, sensitive and studious, and giving."

"Looking at the life and deeds of the first emperor, it cannot be summarized without the name of the emperor, so it is the safest to give the first emperor the name of the emperor." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

"What Taiwei said is very reasonable, but I still feel that it is not enough, one word is not enough to show the merits of the first emperor, so I will add a few more words to the name of the first emperor." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty intends to add those words to the first emperor's name?" Chu Suiliang asked.

"I decided to give the first emperor the title of Emperor Wenwu Sheng, and the temple name Taizong, what do you think of Aiqing?" Li Chengqian asked.

"No objection to the ministers!" After some discussion, everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so they agreed to Li Chengqian's nickname for Li Er.

"Okay, that's it! Retreat! Li Chengqian said, today's court meeting officially ended, and Li Chengqian left the Taiji Hall in the congratulations of the ministers.

On August 18, the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Li Er's coffin was removed from the Liangyi Hall and was transported to Zhaoling for burial.

The Tang Dynasty generals Ashina Sheer and Qi He Li asked to commit suicide for the burial of the first emperor, but Li Chengqian's first emperor's will did not allow them to be martyred.

Fourteen people, including Jieli, who was captured by the first emperor, carved their stone statues and engraved their names in the North Sima Gate.