Chapter 409: King Zhongwu

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Although the emperor ordered to block the news.

However, the news of Luo Cheng's defeat in Pyongyang and his suicide spread like the wind on both sides of the Liao River. The news of Luo Cheng's death in battle was greater than the impact of the failure of the entire Eastern Crusade.

All the soldiers and civilians who heard the news were shocked.

"The god of war like the White Tiger Luo Cheng was actually defeated and killed himself?"

"How could Luo Cheng be defeated, since the Eastern Crusade, Luo Cheng has never been defeated?"

"Yes, Luo Cheng is fighting with martial arts, capturing Xuansu, breaking Nancang, and descending to the new city, invincible, invincible? There has always been only Goguryeo people who have suffered defeat under him, and I have never seen a Goguryeo person who made him suffer. ”

"No, how many battles has Luo Cheng won in Liaodong? There must have been more than a dozen victories before and after, five or six cities captured, and tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops annihilated, right? ”

"Not to mention tens of thousands, if you count the Goguryeo people who were killed, there must be a hundred thousand."

"Oh my God, 100,000, kill 100,000, isn't that a human slaughter?"

"If you can't speak, kill one person as a thief, kill 10,000 people as a hero, kill 100,000 enemies, that is the male of the male."

Everyone sighed, how could Luo Cheng, who was like such a god of war, die.

"It seems that the Marquis of Xiangyang is only twenty years old this year?"

"yes, it's a pity that it's not officially established yet."

"It's all to blame on the water master, if the water master can support it, how can Luo Hou die?"

"Blame the Eighth Army, they are incompetent."

"That is, if the Ninth Army had let Luo Hou take command, it would have taken Pyongyang a long time ago."

Yang Guang stayed in the wheel palace in a daze, and several chamberlains stood aside, whispering to the emperor all kinds of discussions of the soldiers and people outside.

"Come to protect your child, Yuwenshu, these straw bales will destroy a god of war."

Xiao Hou came in with a bowl of freshly stewed ginseng soup, "Your Majesty, don't be too sad, drink a bowl of ginseng soup." ”

"I can't drink it, Zitong, Luo Cheng is dead."

"The concubine has already heard about it."

"Luo Cheng is dead, Luo Cheng is my champion Hou, he is dead." Yang Guang was extremely uncomfortable.

As soon as Luo Cheng died, the emperor's crusade was a complete failure, and he originally had a little hope for Luo Cheng, but now his hope is completely shattered.

"Your Majesty, Luo became a country and sacrificed his life, and he was a martyr."

"Yes, although Luo Cheng is young, he is ambitious, he accompanies his subordinates to ask for crimes, he is the first to enter the battle, he is noble and righteous, and he is dead but his merit is alive."

"Zhao Pei Yunlai, I want to draft the edict and let him draft the edict."

Pei Yun, as the emperor's royal pen, hurried over when he heard the edict.

"I think, you write."

"In order to recount his exploits and commend his loyalty, courage and martyrdom, I specially posthumously present Luo Cheng from the rank of a first-class Guanglu doctor, posthumously crowned the king of Liao, and said that he was loyal and martial!"

Pei Yun's hands couldn't help but shake a few times.

You must know that since the Han Dynasty, the system of nicknames is very complete, the highest civil official nickname is Wenzheng, and the highest rank of military generals is Zhongwu, and there are few people who can get the title of Zhongwu.

During the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang was loyal to the martial arts, Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei to become the emperor, conscientious, martial arts, and after his death, he was called the Marquis of Zhongwu.

Since him, this nickname has been a symbol of the military general's dream during his lifetime and his great glory after his death.

After Zhuge Liang, there were only three people who received this nickname during the entire two Jin Dynasty, the most famous is Wang Meng, at that time there was a poem "Guanzhong Liang Xiang only Wang Meng, the world looks at Xie An", Wang Meng assisted Fu Jian to sweep away the heroes, pacify Li Yan, break Huan Wen, destroy Qianyan, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and assist Fu Jian to unify the north. Known as "the first person to cover Zhuge Gong", he deserved this nickname.

The last time Mai Tiezhu died, the emperor gave him the nickname of Wulie, which was far from being loyal to Wu.

Now Luo Cheng is a twenty-year-old young man, who is no more than a four-grade tiger general, and no more than the Marquis of Xiangyang, but the emperor gives him loyalty, how is it not amazing.

Of course, what was even more shocking was that the emperor chased Luo to become the king of Liao.

Since the emperor changed the knighthood system, the ninth rank of the early Sui Dynasty was only the third rank of the prince and the marquis, and the prince was no longer divided into kings and counties, and the princes were no longer divided into national princes and county dukes.

But Luo Cheng was originally just a marquis, and now he is posthumously crowned king all of a sudden, which is too amazing, even if it is a grief after death, it is a bit too much.

"Your Majesty, is it too much to be crowned king?"

"Well, I don't think so."

The Eastern Crusade was defeated, Yang Guang needed to set an example, the best candidate for this example is Luo Cheng, since the Eastern Crusade, Luo Cheng has been invincible, repeatedly broke the enemy city, and finally died tragically, especially he died by suicide, without losing loyalty, it is more worthy of being shown.

As for the Feng Liao King Zhen Zhongwu, Yang Guang felt that it was not too much to give a dead man no matter how much glory he had, after all, the deceased was dead, and Luo Cheng didn't really get these griefs, and Luo Cheng was so young that he didn't even have a son, and there was no one to inherit this king.

Originally, the emperor wanted to give Luo Cheng the surname of the country and include it in the royal family genealogy, but then he thought that Luo Cheng didn't even have a queen, so he just did.

Pei Yun prepared a draft edict, the emperor looked at it, and then asked it to be handed over to Su Wei.

When Su Wei, who was an old man, saw this edict, his eyes couldn't help but widen in shock.

"It is already extremely sad to be crowned the prince of the country, why is it still crowned king? Doctor Pei, why didn't you advise the emperor, this is too out of line. ”

Pei Yun smiled helplessly, "I haven't admonished me, but Your Majesty is bent on doing this now, and we can't wait for those who are courtiers." But if you are crowned a king, you will be crowned a king, anyway, it is for the dead, and it is nothing. ”

If it is a living person to be crowned a king, or a king with a different surname, it is indeed difficult to accept.

But now, let's follow the emperor's willfulness, which can be regarded as appeasing and appeasing the wounds after the emperor's failure in the Eastern Crusade.

Su Wei took the big seal and stamped it, and sighed, "This Luo Cheng is really a pity, and he has a great future." ”

"Luo Cheng is a pity, but as soon as Luo Cheng died, Yuwen said that they were also unlucky, the emperor was ready to let them out, but now that Luo Cheng is dead, the emperor has just issued an order, except for Luo Cheng and Xin Shixiong, the two generals of the Ninth Army who died in battle, the remaining seven generals have all been stripped of all official titles, and even Lai Hu'er, who has always been favored by the emperor, has also been cut off from his position and taken away his title. and Guo Yan, who has been attacking the new city for a long time, was also dismissed again this time. ”

Su Wei snorted, "These useless martial artists deserve it." ”

After the Ministry of Internal History used the seal, the emperor's draft edict became an official edict.

Twenty-year-old Luo Cheng was posthumously presented to Guanglu Doctor, King Liao, said Zhongwu, the emperor also ordered to build a temple of Luo Zhongwu outside Xiangping City, where a thirteen-story Zhongwu King Tower was built to bury Luo Cheng's crown.

Yu Wenshu and other generals of the army who were dismissed from their posts as civilians were also ordered by the emperor to kneel and cry for Luo Cheng in front of the Zhongwu Temple.

Luo Yi also came to see his son off in person, and among the people who cried, only Luo Yi was the most sincerely sad to cry.