Like looking at a fool, looking at the old ministers who are arguing is our old acquaintance.

Chen Mingxia!

After his death in Zhou Yanru, Chongzhen promoted him to the Hanlin Academy out of the need to win over the southern scholars.

He also surrendered Dashun with his colleagues, and later stayed in Beijing to meet Yang Chengying.

Due to an unpleasant experience between the two, Chen Mingxia did not take the initiative to find Yang Chengying, and Yang Chengying did not look for him because he was busy with affairs.

Chen Mingxia came along, listened to the content of the arguments of his colleagues, and couldn't help but shake his head.

What a bunch of nerds.

When you get the question, you don't think about it seriously, just answer the question directly.

I thought I was participating in the imperial examination.

Is there a imperial examination in Liaodong? Nope!

Is there a possibility that the title itself is wrong?

In other words, this question should not be answered.

Chen Mingxia couldn't help but hold his forehead.

"It's noon, please come to the Mandarin Hall for dinner, I have arranged the kitchen and prepared a meal for you in the Mandarin Palace."

Yang Chengying got up and said, "After lunch, we will discuss the 'temple number' in the afternoon, and we must discuss a result today."

With that, he turned to leave.

Before leaving, he motioned to Wang Dehua to stare at the point and report back as soon as possible.

The old ministers also went to the Wenhua Hall under the guidance of the inner supervisor.

On the way there, they were still arguing about it.

When they arrived at the Wenhua Palace, in the face of a table of sumptuous meals, they first ranked according to the size of their official positions, and then ranked them according to their seniority, and slowly determined the position where they sit.

Then sat down and waited for Xue Guoguan to move his chopsticks before he began to eat.

Chen Mingxia couldn't eat, he looked around and found that the internal supervisors were not at the scene.

He got up again and looked outside the door, and saw the guards patrolling not far away.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can still eat, and disaster is coming!" Chen Mingxia lowered his voice and said.

"Huh?" Xue Guoguan and the others raised their heads, looking confused.

Chen Mingxia continued: "Don't get me wrong, the food is not poisonous, I am talking about the matter of agreeing on the temple number today, there is a problem."

"What's the problem? Chen Liyang, you make it clear." Zhang Si didn't know.

Chen Mingxia sighed and said, "Think about it, follow the old rules, how can there be a new dynasty to set a temple number for the monarch of the old dynasty!"

Everyone was stunned at first, and then their faces turned pale in an instant.

Don't look at Yang Chengying as Chongzhen Dai Xiao, the position he sits in is only the regent, but everything he does is to change the dynasty.

According to the convention, the new dynasty only gave the old monarch a nickname.

The reason for this is that the temple is to worship its own ancestors, and the new dynasty has its own ancestors, so why do you need to establish the old dynasty as the "ancestor".

For example, Emperor Wai at the end of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Shun at the end of the Yuan Dynasty meant this.

Han Lin'er obeyed the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Hao, as Huaizong, in fact, there is the meaning of inheriting the throne of the Song Dynasty.

Now the old ministers are discussing the "temple number" of Chongzhen, which means that they have no intention of thinking about the old dynasty and have no intention of the new dynasty.

Isn't this throwing your head under someone else's guillotine and getting cut off!

Xue Guoguan and the others surrounded Chen Mingxia one after another, begging him: "Chen Liyang, you quickly think of a way to save us."

The crowd was so anxious that they bowed.

Chen Mingxia hurriedly said, "Your Highness did not blame, which means that he is not trying to embarrass you, but has the intention to ask questions. In the afternoon, we will come up with a way not to determine the temple number, but only to talk about the name."

Everyone nodded, and then discussed the countermeasures together.

At this time, I don't care who is who.

Wang Dehua conveyed the matter to Yang Chengying, and Yang Chengying, who was eating, burst into laughter.

"Chen Mingxia is interesting." Yang Chengying put the rice that fell on the table into the bowl, "Among so many people, he can see my thoughts."

This was not said to Wang Dehua, but Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, who were eating together.

He regarded him as a "wise man" of his right-hand man

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Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "This group of people who have studied and read well participated in the imperial examination to become officials, and they are confused officials." ap.

"However, His Highness thought of using the 'temple number' to test them, which is also a must." Ning Wan I admired.

Yang Chengying pointed to his head: "No way, I don't read much other books, and I read a lot of books related to history, so I came up with this strange trick."

For 5,000 years, the patriarchal system has followed China like a shadow, which is a sign of a mature civilization.

The temple that extends from the patriarchal system is also worth studying.

In the Shang Dynasty, there was a temple without a name, and in the Zhou Dynasty, there was a temple without a temple.

Due to its long history, the specific reason is unknown.

When Yang Chengying read books in his previous life, he personally thought it was related to the patriarchal system itself.

In the early days, the royal power was not completely separated from the clan.

The most typical example is the Bo Yi Kao.

Bo Yi Kao is not his real name, and it is most likely the name of King Wu when he sacrificed after death.

"Bo" refers to the eldest brother, "Yi" refers to the big city, and "Kao" is a kind of honorific title for him after death.

The Zhou people emphasized the patriarchal law, and the order of sacrifices was also sorted according to the patriarchal law.

The patriarchal system continued until the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and there was embarrassment.

Because the world was beaten down by Liu Bang, but the patriarch is Liu Bang's father according to the rules.

Therefore, later there was a story of the prince holding a broom and respectfully greeting Liu Bang at the door.

From the Han Dynasty onwards, there was a system of temples that lasted for thousands of years.

At the same time, there were two "wonderful" misunderstandings, one is that the title of Han Gaozu is wrong, and the other is that the temple system in the Han Dynasty is very strict, and those who do not have great merit cannot have a temple number.

The first misunderstanding is that "Han Gaozu" is not a clerical error by Sima Qian, and it will be falsely spread in later generations.

It is because Liu Bang is respected as Taizu, not Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, nor Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, but Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.

In order to confirm his legitimacy, Emperor Jing followed Shen Tujia's suggestion to respect the ancestral temple of Emperor Gao as the temple of Taizu and the temple of Emperor Xiaowen as the temple of Taizong.

There is nothing to do with Emperor Hui here, and Emperor Jing will not arrange a temple for him, which is not the same as lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

The second misunderstanding is also very easy to explain.

Emperor Jing and Emperor Zhao did not have a temple number.

The temple name of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not established by Emperor Zhao, but by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

The purpose of this is to flaunt his identity, of course, there is no matter of Emperor Zhao.

The temple number of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was not established by his son Emperor Yuan, and the temple number of Emperor Yuan was not established by his son Emperor Cheng of Han.

Their temple numbers were all erected by Emperor Ping of Han under the instruction of Wang Mang.

After the death of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang advocated that the temple number of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty be the Tongzong, and the temple number of the Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty should be Yuanzong.

There were seven temples in the Western Han Dynasty at once, and according to the regulations, "the Son of Heaven established seven temples", how could there be a place for Liu Xiu's family.

Liu Xiu's excuse of "Emperor Xuan, Emperor Yuan, Emperor Cheng, Emperor Ping" The temple numbers were all erected by Wang Mang, and they were abolished in one go.

Only worship Han Gaozu, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Emperor Shizong Xiaowu.

Then stuff your great-grandfather, great-grandfather, grandfather, and father into it to form the seven temples of "one ancestor, two ancestors and four relatives temple".

The ministers objected, believing that this did not make sense in legal theory, and Wang Mang's practice should be restored.

Liu Xiu refused to agree, but made concessions: only Emperor Xuan's Zhongzong temple number was retained, and the temple numbers of the rest of the emperors were abolished.

Since then, the four temple numbers of the Western Han Dynasty have finally been fixed, instead of relying on merit as everyone thinks.

A thousand words are condensed into one sentence, and the temple number is a brutal power struggle!