Chapter 629: Death is like a lamp going out
In October, the emperor's imperial drive finally returned to Chang'an from Bingzhou.
Li Shimin went out and wandered for almost two years, destroyed several countries, and then came back complacently.
As a result, as soon as Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, the palace eunuch and the scribe of Yingzong Gongyu died.
This Yu Wenshi and, those who have seen the legend of the Tang Dynasty Shuanglong in later generations should know that his brother is Yu Wenhua, the master of the masters.
Of course, those who have watched the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and those who say that Tang Quanchuan and other Romances also know that this person is the uncle of Yuwen Chengdu, the second master in the world, and Yuwen Chengdu's father is Yu Wenhua and.
Anyway, those who know the Sui and Tang dynasties, whether it is from the official history or the wild history romance script, can know that the Yuwen family is the Sui and Tang dynasties, especially the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, which was a famous family.
Yu Wenshi and his father are the Sui Zuowei general Yu Wenshu, in the early years because of his father's honor was awarded the title of Xincheng County Duke, and then he was also the concubine of the Sui Dynasty.
The change of Jiangdu, Yu Wenshi and his brother Yu Wenhua killed Emperor Yang of Sui, and then set up a puppet emperor, his own brother monopolized the power, Yu Wenhua and was also promoted, and was named the Inner History Order.
Later, when he saw that his brother was not good, Yu Wenhua ran to Chang'an to join Li Yuan, who had already entered the customs.
Later, he fought with Li Shimin, was promoted to Zhongshu Shilang, entered the title of Yingguo Gong, Wude for eight years, Yu Wenshi and acting Shizhong, and Sima of Tiance Mansion. After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he went to worship the Zhongshu Order, and later successively served as the governor of Liangzhou, the assassin of Puzhou, the general of the right guard, and the supervisor of the palace.
Yu Wenshi and the deep trust of the emperor, although once Li Shimin stopped under a tree, said that he liked this tree very much, and said: "This is Jiamu!" The Yu Wenshi and then praised and flattered.
provoked Li Shimin to be furious, and said with a stern face: "Wei Zheng often advises me to stay away from flattering villains, I don't know who I mean, and I suspect that it's you, when I see it today, it's really good." ”
Frightened, Yu Wenshi hurriedly kowtowed and apologized: "The prime ministers often make straightforward mistakes, which makes Your Majesty at a loss. Now that I have the privilege of being by your side, I don't settle for a little, although you are the son of heaven, what fun is there for you? ”
Although, it's really just although, although he was reprimanded by the emperor for being a flattering villain, but the emperor just said that, and his trust in Yuwen Shiji was undiminished.
After many years of Yu Wenshi and his exile, the emperor conscripted him to return to the dynasty and appointed him as the general of the right guard, often summoning him into the inner palace until midnight. Sometimes it coincides with the day of rest, and Li Shimin will also send someone to summon him. But he is cautious by nature, and he never reveals to his wife about things in the palace after returning home. The emperor later named one of his sons the Duke of Xincheng County.
After serving as the right guard for seven years, Yu Wenshi and again served as the palace supervisor, and added the golden purple Guanglu doctor, until the emperor returned to Beijing in October, and a few days later Yu Wenshi and died.
This guy seems to be waiting for the emperor to return to the dynasty and then reward him posthumously.
It's just that there is a saying that settles accounts after the autumn, and not all people can die like lights out.
Although Yu Wenshi and he was deeply used and favored for many years, he offended a lot of people, and people couldn't do anything about him when he was alive, but after he died, he could only be rectified by others.
After the death of Yu Wenshi, the emperor posthumously presented him as the general of the left guard and the governor of Liangzhou, accompanied the funeral and offered the mausoleum, and gave him a compliment.
And then for the posthumous official position, everyone has no objection, after all, it is just a posthumous gift and cannot be eaten, but there are many people who oppose the nickname Gong.
Just like the nickname of Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang is his nickname and a summary of his life's achievements.
In ancient times, evaluating the merits and demerits of a character was often not something that could be clearly described in just a few words. For example, Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages, is not only difficult to give a definitive conclusion about his merits and mistakes, but also difficult to summarize in one sentence. Therefore, in order to facilitate the conclusion of the coffin of historical figures, the ancients chose to use epithets to summarize.
In general, emperors, empresses, princes and ministers and other relatively high social figures in ancient history, after their death, the imperial court will give an evaluative title based on what they did during their lifetime, which is the usual meaning of the nickname, which is used to highly summarize the life of a historical figure.
It 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. Like Wen, Wu, Ming, Rui, Kang, Jing, Zhuang, Xuan, Yi are all praise, Emperor Hui are some mediocre, such as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Hui of Jin are incapable, Emperor Qian, Emperor Chong, Emperor Shao (later titles, not formal nicknames) are often young and early death, Li, Ling, Yang are all evil, mourning, thinking is not a good word, but there is a bit of sympathy, generally used as a monarch in the middle and late dynasties, such as the late Ming Dynasty Chongzhen Emperor posthumously for Sizong.
There are two main points in the legal system: one is that the name should be in accordance with the deceased's personality, and the other is that the name is assessed and awarded by others after death. The title of the monarch is determined by the official of ceremonies, announced by the enthroned emperor, and the title of the minister is given by the imperial court.
The title of minister is given by the imperial court, and is generally presided over by the Ministry of Rites (ceremonial officials), and is given with the consent of the emperor. The title of the king, the prince, the secretary, and the doctor (since the Han Dynasty, the emperor, the minister, the noble, and the scholar) were given according to their deeds after their deaths.
Generally speaking, the nickname of the deceased minister is determined and will not change when the Ministry of Rites presides over the selection of Chen Zuo, and then the emperor agrees.
However, the Tang Dynasty is an exception, and it will not change until then, but the Tang Dynasty has a rule that is the rebuttal system, that is, it is discussed by Dr. Taichang, and if the name does not match, it can be refuted and discussed again.
That is to say, if the ministers, especially the ministers of the Imperial Historical Observatory, do not agree with the name, they can be rejected and renegotiated.
But generally speaking, no one will do this, or that sentence people die like lights out, people are dead, no matter what hatred or grudge should be eliminated, the emperor will give the nickname, that is to say, the emperor thinks that this nickname is no problem, and no one will come forward to oppose it.
But Yu Wenshi and this time there are people who object, the emperor gave the name Gong, this Gong is a big compliment in the name, ranking in the top dozen of the name, it is a very good evaluation.
As a result, it has aroused the criticism of many courtiers, especially Liu Xun, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, because Li Shimin has just ascended the throne, although the position of the prince has already been decided, but they are all young, plus there are the children of the former Sui princess Yang Concubine and Li Shimin, Li Ke, so many old ministers of the Sui Dynasty support Li Ke to fight for the position of the prince, and then some people also support Li Tai, and this Huangmen squire Liu Xun is to support Li Tai, and then Yu Wenshi and is to support the orthodox prince Li Chengqian.
At that time, Yu Wenshi was an important minister in the court, but Liu Xun was just a small character, and the small role also wanted to participate in the competition for the crown prince, so it wasn't uncomfortable.
But at that time, this kind of competition was not open, so the conflict on the bright side was not, but once Liu Xun was in the last court a little against Yu Wen Shi and, and then Yu Wen Shi and remembered, after the next court was waiting outside the palace gate, and after Liu Yu came out, Yu Wen Shi and held down Liu Yu to beat Liu Xun.