Chapter 583 Temple Numbers and Nicknames
Zhu Jingyuan knelt on the ground for an hour without saying a word.
Then he was dragged up by his father Zhu Jianyan and dragged him to the small study next door.
Zhu Jingyuan sat down at his grandfather's table, and then continued to say nothing.
Zhu Jianyan sighed and reminded him directly:
"Jingyuan, you are the emperor-"
When Zhu Jingyuan heard this reminder, he cheered up a little and shouted:
"Father...... I got ......."
Zhu Jianyan continued:
"Let's talk about how your grandfather's funeral will be arranged......"
Zhu Jingyuan didn't have any ideas:
"Father and Emperor will take the Ministry of Rites to make normal arrangements."
Zhu Jianyan reminded again:
"Today is the first year of junior high school."
Zhu Jingyuan knew that the first day of the new year meant that the New Year had just passed, and if the funeral was started now, if the etiquette was strictly followed, the whole day would be mourned now.
All the festivities and entertainment that the people had prepared for the New Year were interrupted.
Although there must be many people who are willing to mourn for the Supreme Emperor, it is certainly not the majority.
There will definitely be a lot of complaints.
Therefore, it is necessary to discuss some coping options, such as adjusting the actual method of mourning, or postponing the mourning time.
Even don't mourn for the time being, and wait until after the Lantern Festival.
But Zhu Jingyuan's mood is a little unstable now, and in the face of his father's reminder, he directly asked:
"What about the first year of junior high school?"
When Zhu Jianyan heard this cold rhetorical question, he suddenly felt some kind of inexplicable pressure.
Although the person in front of him is his own son, and even he was the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, the identities of the two parties are also equal.
But now his momentum is obviously weaker than his son.
Zhu Jianyan frowned slightly:
"If you insist on going straight to mourning...... Then post it......
"According to the rules, sons should mourn their parents and birth mother for three years, and grandchildren should mourn their grandfather for one year.
"You are now the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and you must always control the situation in the court and in all aspects.
"Then according to tradition, the day is changed from month to month, and the mourning is twelve days.
"I sent my father back to Shuntian Mansion for burial, and then guarded filial piety for my father in Shuntian Mansion.
"You continue to deal with the affairs of the imperial court in Yingtianfu."
Zhu Zhongliang was in Shuntian Mansion when he was the emperor, and he was also in Shuntian Mansion when he was the emperor, and the imperial tomb was naturally repaired in Shuntian Mansion in advance.
Now, of course, I have to return to Suncheonfu for burial.
Zhu Jianyan didn't go against his son this time, but said something a little decadent.
But it also reminded Zhu Jingyuan once again that he is a great tomorrow.
After listening to these complaints and reminders, Zhu Jingyuan also dissipated most of the breath he was holding.
According to tradition, you can't do anything during the mourning, and you can only grieve for three years in the cemetery.
His father is also sixty-five years old this year, and there is a high probability that he will not live to be 90 years old.
It is very likely that he will die during his reign.
Grandfather, grandmother, father, mother-in-law, and biological mother, the five people together will have to serve eleven years of mourning.
The normal reign of the Ming Emperor was only about thirty years.
If the emperor really didn't do anything for more than ten years, then the imperial court would definitely gradually lose control.
It is customary to count the three years of mourning until the third year, not the third anniversary.
Two years and twenty-four months, plus one month in the third year, should be twenty-five months, and the Han Dynasty was twenty-five months.
Later, with the addition of the leap month in the traditional calendar, there may be two leaps in three years, in which case three years of mourning is twenty-seven months.
Theoretically, if there is only one leap year in two years, twenty-six months is enough.
However, unfilial piety is the biggest taboo in ancient times, in order to avoid any mistakes and being attacked, everyone defaults to the most secure twenty-seven months of execution.
An extra month is not an essential difference in time, but it ensures that there will be absolutely no problems with time.
Twenty-seven months, however, is just a tacit practice of response.
There are also people who are willing to really keep filial piety for three years, that is, a full thirty-six months, and are likely to get a good reputation for filial piety.
Zhu Jingyuan finally closed his eyes and nodded:
"Erchen understands, the grandfather's funeral was handled by his father......"
Zhu Jianyan sighed calmly and said:
"This is originally a matter for the father, you just need to deal with the government well.
"Oh, by the way, your grandfather's nickname and temple name, he was already interested in it when he was alive.
"Emperor Gaozongxiang or Emperor Zhenzonghuan, you choose one for your grandfather, and the remaining one is for me."
Zhu Jingyuan was a little stunned when he heard this.
After the memory of his previous life was restored, his identity changed dramatically, and he had thoughts about the name and the temple number.
But my father's current statement is quite helpless.
Grandpa had already selected two sets of font sizes in advance, and then his father asked himself to divide them between him and grandpa.
Daddy himself...... I'm sixty-five years old now......
Now he is also a little old man, and he has also begun to think about what will happen after death.
Traditionally, the Ministry of Rites should be in charge of the temple number.
But the emperor has ideas, of course, he can be arbitrary, and the emperor will only find the Ministry of Rites if he doesn't want to be arbitrary.
Because the Ministry of Rites may not really understand the preferences of the deceased old emperor.
After a brief moment of stunnedness, Zhu Jingyuan said:
"I want Gaozong to come myself, and I don't mind that future generations will compare me with Zhao Gou......"
At this time, Zhu Jianyan was a little stunned:
"How old are you to consider the temple number...... But your grandfather thinks the same thing.
"I'm not afraid that future generations will put his old man alongside Song Gaozong and Song Zhenzong.
"I just wanted these two de facto good names."
Zhu Jingyuan also instantly understood his grandfather's mentality, and also clarified his thoughts at this moment:
"Then grandpa's name, then according to grandpa's idea, use Emperor Zhenzong Huan, and kill Song Zhenzong.
"Gaozong, I'll keep it for myself, how about your old man's Emperor Zhongzongming?"
Zhu Jianyan didn't know what to say again.
Although the son said it bluntly, it was indeed kind.
Since the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's nicknames have been flooded to more than a dozen characters, which is completely a large number of good nicknames piled together.
In addition, after the Song Dynasty, all emperors had temple numbers, and it was no longer only the top emperors in the past.
Therefore, the actual evaluation method of the emperor's merits has also shifted from the main name to the temple name, and the actual name is the main name.
For example, the full name of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty is: Open Heaven and Walk Dao, Zhao Ji, Li Great Sage, Supreme God, Benevolence, Righteousness, Wu Junde, Success, and Emperor Gao.
But in fact, the real nickname is the last word in that long list, "high".
In fact, the normal official name of daily life is "Emperor Taizu Gao".
As far as the temple number is concerned, there are four of the most traditional, orthodox, and top-notch:
Too, high, middle, world.
Too, by the establishment of the country, the beginning of the foundation.
High, commanded by the heavens, reigns over all nations.
In the great cause of re-prosperity, the light enlightens Zhongxing.
The world, rebuild the community, and set things right.
The ancestors have merit and the ancestors have virtue, the merit of the merit is the merit of creation, and the virtue is the virtue of keeping it.
Taizu, the one who has the greatest merit, Taizong, the one who is the most virtuous.
Gaozu, the first to be ordained, Gaozong, the highest virtue.
The ancestors of the Middle Ages are all the work of Zhongxing reconstruction.
The sect of the Middle Ages inherits the virtue of the past and opens up the future.
These names are either pioneered or ZTE, and strictly speaking, none of them can be easily obtained.
Those who get the first piece of land, but do not become the co-masters of the world, can be honored as the ancestor.
Gaozu was the first founding emperor to become emperor and establish a new dynasty.
Liu Bang is the "Emperor Gao of Han Taizu", not Han Gaozu.
Sima Qian recorded "Emperor Taizu Gao" in this chronicle, but other places often wrote it as Han Gaozu, and as a result, later generations often used false rumors.
It's just that the ancestor who was the first to establish the foundation in the Han, Song, and Ming dynasties, and the ancestor of the Son of Heaven, who became the co-lord of the world, are the same person.
are all "Emperor Taizu Gao".
So in fact, it doesn't matter if it's messed up, this kind of Taizu Gaozu two-in-one temple number is the real top temple number.
The fathers of the founding emperors of the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty already had titles and titles in the previous dynasties.
So Yang Jian is only Sui Gaozu, and Li Yuan is only Tang Gaozu.
Although their father did not actually become emperor, they were all posthumously honored by their sons as Taizu.
As for Taizong and Gaozong, their status is very clear, except for the "ancestors" who have made pioneering contributions, those descendants who have done the best.
If Zhu Di really had the spirit of heaven and learned that his Taizong had been changed by the old Taoist Jiajing into an unknown ancestor, he would definitely smoke him with big ears and melon seeds.
Zhongzu and Shizu are also very clear, they are both the work of Zhongxing's reconstruction, and strictly speaking, only Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Han Dynasty, is worthy of it.
If Liu Bei can rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, he will naturally become the ancestor of the Han Dynasty in the end.
The ancestral names of seven or eight groups such as Dezu, Yizu, Renzu, and Xizu are usually used by the direct ancestors of Emperor Taizu.
The Holy Ancestor was previously given to the nominal first ancestor.
For example, Li Tang's holy ancestor is Lao Tzu Li Er, and the relationship between Lao Tzu and Li Tang can only be said to be relatively forcible......
The Holy Ancestor of the Zhao and Song Dynasty was Zhao Xuanlang, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty claimed that he was the previous life of the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and Taoism claimed that he was the incarnation of the Antarctic Immortal Emperor in the world.
Zhu Jianyan didn't know that there was actually a Qing Saint Ancestor Aixin Jueluo Xuanye.
At least the Dezu and the like are real people, and the Holy Ancestor is a real person, and it may be a completely fictional character to enhance legitimacy.
Sejong and Chungjong do not need to rebuild the work of Sheji, but they must also have at least achievements similar to Zhongxing.
In the eyes of later generations, it may be suitable for the monarch to reform and strengthen the country, but in ancient times, it actually corresponds to the monarch who can restore and rebuild the order of the imperial court.
Jiajing's ability and deeds are barely qualified for Ming Shizong's temple number.
Although Tang Zhongzong Li Xian had no achievements and abilities, he restored the legal system of the Tang Dynasty from his mother Wu Zetian, so he also got the high-level temple name of Zhongzong.
On the whole, whether it is the work of Zhaoji to open the country or the beginning of Zhongxing reconstruction, the general emperor is not qualified to get involved at all.
Taizong is usually grabbed directly by the second generation of emperors, and the best temple names that the emperor can use in the back are Gaozong, Shizong, and Zhongzong.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has Shizong, there are still two seats left: Gaozong and Zhongzong.
But Gaozong has the previous Zhao Gou thing on top, and future generations don't like Gaozong's temple number very much.
Although Zhao Gou is despicable, although the Southern Song Dynasty is biased towards the southeast, but from the level of patriarchal rituals, it does preserve the continuation of the Zhao and Song families.
Most of the other emperors in later generations were actually worried that they might not be able to compare with Zhao Gou in terms of merit.
In addition, the Li Tang family and Li Zhi, the Tang Gaozong who created Wu Zetian.
The people of the Ming Dynasty did not like Gaozong even more.
The emperor behind must have actual merits, and he must have a solid and stable rule, and undoubtedly overwhelm Li Zhi and Zhao Gou, so that he can use Gaozong in a down-to-earth manner.
Zhu Jianyan knew that the more than ten years he had been the emperor might be the fastest growing industrial and asset development in the Ming Dynasty.
Although there is a factor of sitting on the side, no one says that it is not a matter of their own reign.
Therefore, Zhu Jianyan knew that his historical evaluation should not be bad.
But he was sandwiched between his father and son, and simply looking at the map range of the two of them's territorial expansion, his pursuit of health and well-being was not so conspicuous.
You may not be able to withstand Gaozong by yourself.
So the son took care of his own mentality and chose the best temple name that he can still use now, Zhongzong.
As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he took his aunt to recover from a state of war to a state of stable development, which can be regarded as restoring the order of the world.
The nickname is clear, and it is a good word in itself.
According to the Quartet, it is said that it is clear, and it is clear that it is not good to complain, and it is clear that it is far away, such as Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.
This is also the national name of the Ming Dynasty.
Impeccable.
His father, that is, his grandfather, is actually a bit of a fictitious credit, and the war ended through negotiation in the end.
really uses Gaozong's words, maybe he will be ridiculed by the bitter literati in the future.
But the armistice negotiations Da Ming negotiated a big victory, just in time to go to Song Zhenzong's humiliating alliance with the Yuanyuan.
So there is nothing more to say.
When my father went to Mount Tai to seal Zen, he also deliberately went according to Song Zhenzong.
It shows that Dad actually prefers Zhenzong in his heart.
Then he himself used the immortal merit of the unification of the world to top the temple number of Gaozong that Li Zhi and Zhao Gou had used.
This three-generation arrangement is indeed appropriate.
Zhu Jianyan did not object in the end, and nodded lightly to express his approval:
"Then your grandfather's temple will be arranged like this.
"Then, do you have any special ideas about the funeral arrangements?
"If you don't have any special ideas, just do everything according to the rules of Emperor Guangwu......"
Zhu Zhongliang is the second "Taishang Emperor" of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the "Supreme Emperor", that is, the grandfather of the current emperor.
The front one is Emperor Guangwu Zhu Cihong.
Now it is time to refer to the funeral ceremony at that time.
When Zhu Jingyuan heard this, he suddenly thought of something in his previous life.
When the mother of the chairman of a local group company died, the chairman asked thousands of employees to line up to see off his old mother.
However, many ordinary employees have never spoken to the chairman at all, and they have never met the chairman's old mother at all.
Let them go with them to see them off, and the gang may not say anything on the surface, and may even express their grief.
But inside you may even be cursing.
The chairman's direct subordinates, or the chairman's direct partners, can be regarded as having a relatively positive relationship with each other.
The ordinary workers at the bottom have nothing to do with the boss's mother at all.
So after Zhu Jingyuan thought about it, he made a suggestion to his father:
"I think that most of the people who worked in Grandpa's court at that time should have retired now, and they can mourn Grandpa normally according to the rules.
"The low-level officials who didn't see my grandfather at that time, and the officials who only joined the ranks after the start of the Ankang year, follow me to replace the day with the moon.
"As for the ordinary people of the people...... According to the ancient rites of the Han Dynasty, it is enough to serve the grandfather for the mourning for a long time by volition.
"During the entire Chinese New Year, it is difficult to enforce a complete ban on entertainment, slaughter, and marriage in the world.
"The subjects who really revere Grandpa, there is no specific requirement that they will also mourn.
"People who don't respect grandpa, forcibly asking them to mourn may lead to slander, which is not a good thing for grandpa.
"At the same time, an edict can be issued, and in the future, when the relatives of officials, generals, and proprietors die, subordinates who have no direct contact with them do not need to be hanged."
When Zhu Jianyan heard this, he glanced at Zhu Jingyuan with a little doubt.
His mood is still relatively depressed, but he has also begun to move out of a state of extreme grief that is about to lose his mind.
I began to think about things with a calm and restrained attitude.
Zhu Jianyan was also basically relieved.
The father and son unified their minds and officially began to gather people to prepare for the funeral of the Emperor Taishang.
First of all, the Emperor Taishang and the Emperor signed a holy decree at the same time, announcing the death of the Taishang Emperor Zhu Zhongliang to the world.
At the same time, the royal family was notified to the clan relatives within the five suits, as well as all the representatives of the princes and the county royal families, to return to Yingtianfu to mourn.
The next thing, the main Zhu Jianyan took the elder prince of the clan to do it together.
Zhu Jingyuan stayed directly in his grandfather's mourning hall, guarding the spiritual position and recalling all the past in this life.