Time flies.

Before Liu Rong, Liu De and other emperors felt Chang'an, the time had already come to the day when the Son of Heaven was buried in Yangling.

On this day, the 100-mile journey from Chang'an to Yangling was crowded with people who spontaneously sent letters to Emperor Liu Qi.

Although it is not as grand as back then, when people came from all over Guanzhong and even remote areas to see off Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, there were still people sending and crying after all;

To be precise, everyone who can send it has come to send it, and those who have come to send it are also crying.

Maybe it's really as the Son of Heaven said before his death: right and wrong can only be divided by future generations;

And what Tianzi Qi cares about is not those 'descendants' who have nothing to do with his eight poles, but precisely these people and people living under his rule.

On the day when the Son of Heaven was buried in the Yang Mausoleum, the Xuanshu Hall of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City was revived.

As everyone expected, this court meeting was not as smooth as any previous court meeting······

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"Feng Chang Nanpi Marquis Peng Zu, play Your Majesty."

"Emperor Daxing was the prince for twenty-two years, reigned for more than nine years, followed the ambition of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, lightly taxed, and rested with the people;"

"In March, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu was quelled, and the government of the feudal domain was weakened and the princes were weakened, and the Han family was in trouble for a hundred years."

"The ministers and other ministers and hundreds of officials discussed together, and they all thought: the merits and demerits of the emperor should be said: Jing, Quanzhi: Emperor Xiaojing."

"However, the temple of the Daxing Emperor is ······"

"The temple music of the emperor of Daxing may not be Tianjia."

"Ministers, please think twice······

"—Your Majesty, please think twice!"

After Dou Pengzu's unconfident sentence 'Please think twice', he sat among the hundreds of officials on both sides of the hall, and only reluctantly sounded a neat roar.

Your Majesty, please think again!

Think twice about what?

the temple music of the Daxing Emperor;

Then why did Emperor Daxing's temple music not get the praise of heaven?

The reason for this······

"Is it not appreciated by the heavens, or is it not appreciated by the princes?"

"Is God unwilling to let Emperor Daxing have temple music, or is the princes unwilling to let me build a temple for Emperor Daxing, so as to enjoy the blood and food of future generations?"

In front of the royal couch, Tianzi Sheng stood with a smile, looking at the eyes of everyone in the hall, but they were extremely sharp.

It was Liu Sheng's side, the Empress Dowager Dou and the Empress Dowager Jia, who were sitting on the imperial couch, were also frowning slightly by Liu Sheng's straightforward words.

- Empress Dowager Dou frowned, because she felt that what Liu Sheng said was right;

These courtiers and officials obviously threw the blame on the head of God for what they did not want to do.

Especially the one who stood up and expressed this opinion on behalf of the hundred officials was precisely his own nephew: Nanpihou Dou Pengzu!

And the reason why Empress Dowager Jia frowned was relatively simple.

Empress Dowager Jia simply felt that Liu Sheng was so straightforward and did not save face for hundreds of officials and ministers, which was more or less inappropriate.

But even if she felt that it was inappropriate, Empress Dowager Jia did not speak rashly.

Because Empress Dowager Jia still remembers the sentence that Liu Sheng reminded herself: No matter what you do, you have to follow the Empress Dowager's intentions······

"Nanpihou, is this because there is not enough Lu rice in Fengchang, and it is not sweet enough, do you want to go back to the country to live in the old age?"

"The emperor wants to draw up temple music and build temples for the emperor, but as a minister, he obstructs him, is this what a courtier should do?!"

"Or is Emperor Daxing still not benevolent and pampered enough to Nanpihou?!

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Liu Sheng clearly expressed his dissatisfaction, and Empress Dowager Dou immediately followed up;

But compared to Liu Sheng's big guys, they are throwing the pot on the sky? The map cannon, the experienced Empress Dowager Dou, but bit her nephew Dou Pengzu.

- Outsiders are like this, but it's okay, why are you even like this Nanpihou?

It is not difficult to see from the changes in the expressions of the ministers and hundreds of officials in the palace: Empress Dowager Dou's words are far more lethal than Liu Sheng's map cannon.

At least when Empress Dowager Dou's words resounded in the Xuanshu Palace, without waiting for Dou Pengzu to lower his head, the ministers and officials in the palace had already lowered their heads weakly.

Speaking of which, in fact, it is really not the fault of the ministers and officials.

What is temple music?

In fact, it is music that belongs exclusively to a certain dead king and is played in the temple of that king during major political events.

You must know that in this era, it is not like later generations, you can compile music scores at will!

The 'music' of this era is still highly related to the 'rites', and is almost entirely carried out as a political activity!

Except for major political events, such as sacrifices, ceremonies, and the like, playing out of place and out of place on other occasions or at other times is a matter of losing your head!

- And it's the head of one household book, or even several household books!

Therefore, in the first edict of the Son of Heaven after Liu Sheng's accession to the throne, the sentence "Discuss and discuss, prepare temple music for Emperor Daxing" actually means: What, I plan to give the first emperor a temple number;

The big guy discussed, what temple should be built for Emperor Daxing?

Knowing this subtext of Liu Sheng, and then looking at the reactions of the ministers and officials, it is not surprising.

You must know that in this era, the temple number has not yet been rotten streets~

still strictly follows the temple law system of ancient rites, so that if the emperor of the Han family wants to get a temple number, it is not much easier than immortality.

According to Liu Sheng's previous shallow understanding, if the Han family wants to fish for a temple number, at least the following requirements must be met.

- First of all, during his reign, he should make no less than one great achievement, and it will be beneficial to the temple and the society for 100 years;

For example, Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bangli Han Guozuo established a clan society for the Han family that lasted for more than 100 years, which is the origin of the phrase "the highest merit is better than Emperor Taizu Gao".

If no one founded the country by Emperor Taizu, there is no Han family at all!

Secondly, it is necessary to accumulate enough high personal prestige during a long enough reign, and through a series of administrative measures, the people's livelihood during his reign has changed significantly compared with the past.

The representative of this category is naturally the husband of the Empress Dowager Dou of the current dynasty: Liu Heng, Emperor Xiaowen of Taizong.

After Liu Heng's reign of 23 years, the productivity that had withered since the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty and had never been restored had been greatly improved;

Although the "Xu Minchi Shanze" order opened the door of 'the princes independently exploited minerals', it also greatly improved the lives of ordinary people and greatly enriched the access channels for the basic living materials of the people at the bottom.

——Before the promulgation of the decree of "Xu Minchi Shanze", the people of the world still followed an ancient rule: all things in heaven and earth, whether they are in the mountains and rivers, or outside the four seas and eight wildernesses, belong to the personal property of the Son of Heaven;

The dry firewood and wild beasts in the mountains and forests, the fish and shrimp in the rivers, including minerals, all belong to the private wealth of the Son of Heaven······

In addition to people's livelihood, the Han family of Taizong's dynasty also had changes in other aspects.

For example, at the border, through measures such as donating millet and immigrating to the border, the combat effectiveness of the border troops has been greatly enhanced, and the strategic defensive pressure on the northern wall defense line has been greatly reduced.

Raising the age of the common people's first masters, that is, 'becoming taxpayers and reservists', from seventeen to twenty years old is an increase of three years for every male in the world to devote himself to his family.

In addition, Emperor Taizong himself was diligent and thrifty, simple, advocating simplicity and even 'picking' style.

It is no exaggeration to say: When Emperor Taizong died, the whole Chang'an was shrouded in a burst of crying, and the temple name of 'Taizong' had been welded to death on the Emperor Xiaowen.

In addition to the founding monarch such as Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, who is loved by the people of the world, the way for the Son of Han to obtain the temple number is naturally to expand the territory.

For example, Liu Che, the historical emperor of filial piety, relied on the supreme martial arts of the Huns and the barbarians in the north, and still got a temple number of 'Sejong' in his later years when he had to rely on a piece of "Luntai Guilty Edict" to redeem the hearts of the people in the world and quell the peasant uprisings that rose one after another.

To sum up, the three ways for the Son of Han to obtain the temple number are obvious.

-- The first way is to open up the country and build a society;

But this method is too special and theoretically difficult to replicate.

The second is to work hard to become a saint like Liu Heng, Emperor Xiaowen of Taizong, who is loved by the people of the world and recognized by the people of the world as a 'living saint'.

This method can be learned, but it may not be able to be learned, and it requires a high level of talent and years of accumulation.

The third is naturally to make a big sand and expand the territory.

This category, in fact, has little to do with the emperor itself, and often requires the accumulation of several previous emperors, and then a few talents who are born at the right time;

As for the emperor, he only needs to promote foreign development with firm courage.

For example, the remnants of Fen VI were finally accumulated by the first emperor Yingzheng and swept away the Yingqin of Liuhe;

Another example is Liu Che, the Han Wu Emperor who chased the Xiongnu in the north and stepped on the grassland.

But no matter which of these three - whether it is the founding of the country, or civil governance, or martial arts, there is an indispensable prerequisite.

- The reign should not be too short.

At least the reign of the latter two should not be too short.

After all, for the founding emperor, whether he reigned for ten years or ten days, as long as he opened the country and built a society, then this 'ancestral meritorious' would already be unable to escape;

And for the monarchs of later generations who can only pursue 'Zong Youde', whether it is Wende or Wude, they need to be based on a long enough reign.

For example, the representative of 'Wenzhi Sanctification': Liu Heng, Emperor Xiaowen of Taizong, finally obtained the temple name of 'Taizong' by virtue of his 23-year reign;

Another example is the representative of 'martial arts sanctification', Liu Che, the emperor of Sejong's filial piety in the original historical timeline, who was able to enjoy Sejong Temple by virtue of his long reign of 55 years and the indelible contribution of chasing the Xiongnu from the north.

And now, Liu Sheng wants to build a temple for Emperor Liu Qixing of Daxing, which is undoubtedly a huge problem in front of the Han courtiers and officials.

- On the rule of the treatise, during the reign of Emperor Liu Qi of Daxing, although the people of the world also lived well, this is more because Liu Qi followed the period of Emperor Taizong, and even since the Han Dynasty, it has always been implemented, but it was not implemented until the reign of Taizong, and the policy of recuperation and recuperation with the people has achieved initial results.

In other words, the only credit of the Daxing Emperor Liu Qi in the item of 'Wenzhi' is that Xiao Gui Cao followed, and did not change the policy direction left by the first emperor.

In terms of martial arts, Liu Qi, the emperor of Daxing, can still have a good result: quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu.

But the crux of the matter lies in the fact that the cause of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu was precisely the chessboard that Emperor Liu Qi smashed on the head of Liu Xian, the crown prince of Wu, when Emperor Liu Qi was the crown prince······

If the elimination of Wu Chu can also be regarded as Liu Qi's 'martial arts', then among the future Han Tianzi, I am afraid that there may not be a strange "I want to stone your son to death, and then force you to rebel, and then pacify you to obtain martial arts".

In other words: this precedent cannot be opened;

Even if it is for the reason of 'not letting future generations follow Liu Qi's example', the annihilation of Wu Chu must not become the basis for Liu Qi, the emperor of Daxing, to get the temple number.

Wenzhi, picking up people's teeth and wisdom;

Martial arts, self-inflicted.

What's even worse is that although Liu Qi, the emperor of Daxing, has been the crown prince for more than 20 years, he has only sat on the throne for more than nine years and less than ten years.

From a certain point of view, the reign of Tianzi Qi is not even as long as that of Emperor Taizu Gao, Liu Bang, who started from Fengpei at the age of forty-seven······

(Liu Bang was the king of Han for five years, that is, the throne was seven years, and historians generally believe that Liu Bang reigned for twelve years)

"The Empress Dowager."

"This is not because the ministers are out of selfish desires to prevent Your Majesty from building a temple for Emperor Daxing;"

"It's really according to the past practice, the merits of the Daxing Emperor are not enough to build a temple."

"Wanwang Empress Dowager, Clearly Observe ······"

Regarding Empress Dowager Dou's questioning, Dou Pengzu was not too flustered, and only hesitated for a moment, and then revealed his true thoughts and those of most of the court officials.

- It's not that we want to go against the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, or even Emperor Daxing, it's really Emperor Daxing, and he doesn't deserve to have a temple number······

"What does the Emperor think?"

"According to the emperor's opinion, what Nanpihou said, is there also a three-point truth?"

After all, he is the nephew of his own family, especially now, the most outstanding and highest-status representative of the Dou family's relatives;

The most important thing is: what Dou Pengzu said does make sense.

So, the Empress Dowager Dou turned her head slightly to the side without a trace and threw the question back to Liu Sheng.

- The temple number of Emperor Daxing is what you, the son, have to fight for;

- I really don't have this face, old woman, I give my son a temple number that he shouldn't have;

- Since you have to fight for it, then convince the officials yourself, right?

Feeling the deep meaning of Empress Dowager Dou's words, Liu Shengzi also nodded with a smile, and whispered in Empress Dowager Dou's ear for a while.

After Empress Dowager Dou nodded slowly without sadness or joy, Liu Sheng straightened up and looked at the hundreds of officials and courtiers in the palace with determination.

"The highest merit is none other than Emperor Taizu Gao; The highest virtue is none other than Emperor Taizong Xiaowen. ”

"I have tasted and heard: the greatest goodness is filial piety."

"Now the emperor is a great line, I am weak and stand on the crown, and I want to prosper the emperor with pure filial piety, only the temple and music;"

"The reason why the princes are obstructing each other is that they want to fall into the evil of disloyalty, unfilial piety, and injustice?"

"On the occasion of the suspicion of the lord and the young country, and the bones of the Daxing Emperor are not cold, the princes and ministers Cao, have disregarded the kindness of the first emperor and the dying trust of the Daxing Emperor???"

"——I want to prosper the emperor's temple and music, not only pure filial piety, but also the emperor's martial arts, and enjoy the blood and food of the future generations;"

"What are you doing today, don't you rely on the old and sell the old, and deceive the young?"

"Or maybe the Empress Dowager is in charge of the dynasty, and the princes despise the Empress Dowager, so there is such a move?????"