I smashed the emperor's daughter

Chapter 11 Names and Posthumous Titles

"There is something here at Ai's family, and I want to show it to you!"

As soon as Li Yuntang finished speaking, before the courtiers below had time to speak, Empress Dowager Yi'an spoke out first, attracting the attention of almost all the officials under the eaves.

Then, she paused for a few breaths, and after whetting her appetite, she said leisurely:
"Since the emperor Taizong of this dynasty, the new emperor has to change his name and taboo after he ascends the throne, so as to benefit the people of the world to speak and use words; in the past, the Ministry of Rites was responsible for this matter, but the previous matter of 'sweeping out the treacherous people who hindered the country' caused turmoil in the court. ; So the Ai family took care of the matter after obtaining the consent of the emperor and the Queen Mother Yining."

Having said that, Empress Dowager Yi'an glanced at the eunuch beside her, and after the eunuch presented a piece of yellow silk, she continued:
"The purpose of changing the name of this seal has been affixed with the two seals of 'Kun'an' and 'Zhibao'. Go forward and read the decree to all officials!"

Li Yuntang's face turned serious, this woman really hid her tricks and made a double copy of Yizhi!
Earlier, the little emperor wanted to secretly destroy the edict that was brought to the Qianqing Palace, and then have a deadly confession in the court.

If you really do that, the Empress Dowager Yi'an will take out this backup in the court to slap her in the face; not only will the emperor still have to change his name, but he will also end up looking like a rascal in front of these officials!

"Think carefully and take it carefully, and give me more taboo. Therefore, I will give you an instruction. I think you should know it."

When Li Yuntang finished thinking about this matter in his heart, the eunuch had also finished reading it; all the officials below had different expressions on their faces after listening to the content.

Some were puzzled, some were not angry, and some didn't have the slightest wave on their faces; but the same thing was that no one expressed their opinion.

"Why, isn't my new name not good?"

Unexpectedly, the first person to speak was actually the little emperor himself; seeing that there was no response for a long time, she sang a one-man show:
"Perhaps some of you will say that this name sounds exactly like the extinct Emperor of Ci. Not only does it sound detrimental to the emperor's reputation, but the implication is even more embarrassing."

The courtiers below finally moved a little bit, looked at each other, hesitated to speak; but the words in their hearts were not hard to guess, it was nothing more than: Why did the emperor change the name when he knew it?

"But I don't think so!"

The little emperor's voice suddenly rose, shaking the spirits of the drowsy officials in Huangjimen Square.

"Although the pronunciation of the name is the same, for the emperor, it should be judged whether he has given the government of benevolence and virtue, and should not be entangled in a name; Taizu and Zhu Gaoxu of the former Ming Dynasty were both kings of Han, but their reputations were different. The difference between cloud and mud, isn't this the best example?

Furthermore, Wei Zheng of the Li Tang Dynasty once advised Tang Taizong: "Every hundred heads of state, who inherit the fate of heaven and earth, are all concerned about Taoism, and their virtues decline when they succeed." 'With the word Yu as my name, I can always learn from the king of the subjugated country, so as to remind myself not to forget to worry about state affairs.

From this point of view, isn't it a bad name? "

While listening, Li Yuntang glanced at the Empress Dowager Yi'an behind the bead curtain, and saw that her expression changed from relaxed to a little worried, her white teeth gently biting her rosy lower lip, and she felt an indescribable joy in her heart.

This rhetoric is the countermeasure he gave the little emperor!

First of all, take Taizu and Zhu Gaoxu as examples to illustrate that the same name will not lead to the same ending, it is human effort;

Secondly, it dragged on Wei Zheng's "Admonishing Taizong Shisishu", borrowing the advice of the ancient officials to elevate the idea of ​​​​this name, showing that even if this name has negative effects, it will also have a positive admonition to the emperor. Comparing the rights, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages;

In layman's terms: this wave of name changes, the emperor is actually in the atmosphere!
Another point that is most easily overlooked is that after the little emperor accepted the name safely, the relationship between the name and the Empress Dowager Yi'an seemed to be greatly weakened. The Queen Mother's relationship has been virtually eliminated for the most part.

In addition, Empress Dowager Yi'an once said that the name was approved by the emperor, which proved from another side that the emperor's dominance of the name.

Thinking of the little emperor talking eloquently and without showing any timidity in front of so many people, Li Yuntang secretly praised in his heart: a child can be taught!

Of course, among the more than a hundred people present, he was the only one who dared to slander the emperor like this; when the rest heard this, they all said, "Your Majesty is wise, and the country is very lucky".

When the dust settled, the front of the imperial gate was about to fall silent, but one person suddenly came out and clapped his hands and played:
"Your Majesty, Zhang Mingche, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, has a play!
It has been nearly two months since Emperor Daxing passed away, and it will be more than one month since the Zigong was placed in the Imperial Palace of Meishan God. It is time to determine the posthumous title and choose a date for burial. "

As soon as the report came out, the little emperor's joy of beating his aunt was instantly dispelled. When she thought of her father, she immediately felt sad, and then asked in a strange way:
"The posthumous name, what about the temple name?"

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused a commotion among all the officials, who came out to speak one after another.

One person said: "Your Majesty, since Li Tang, the emperor's posthumous titles have not only become longer and longer, but they are all beautiful posthumous titles; since then, the posthumous titles have lost their role in evaluating the emperor's virtue and achievements, and have been reduced to A place of advocacy and praise."

Immediately afterwards, another person continued: "So after the Taizu of this dynasty ascended the throne, he followed the example of the Han Dynasty and strictly followed the regulations on posthumous names and temple names. No., it is ordered that posthumous titles should be one character, and no more than two characters."

Then the Minister of Rites, Zhang Mingche, was not to be outdone: "Our dynasty has gone through six emperors, only the Taizu who opened up the foundation; he recuperated, destroyed the remnants of the Qing Dynasty in the north, and surrendered Taizong in the south of the Mo; Gaozong of Tubo has a temple name; and only Gaozong has a posthumous name with two characters."

After talking a lot in a roundabout way, and condensed it down, this group of people just wanted to say: The first emperor is not up to the mark.

Li Yuntang guessed that the Han dynasty of the Li family was most likely to use Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty as the standard for appraising the temple name; he strengthened the centralization of power, lightened punishments and prudently punished, and cut down the vassal state. His achievements are not small, but he still has no temple name; If it is not as good as his, naturally it is not worthy of having a temple name.

In all fairness, the dead Emperor Qiansheng was indeed not up to the standard for a temple title.

During his reign, he only attacked Dongyu in martial arts, and he was unlucky. It was only a few days after his death that the city of Ava, the capital of Dongyu, was captured.

As for Wenzhi after the implementation of the New Deal, in the eyes of civil servants, the old emperor's Wenzhi can be regarded as praise if he uses the words lackluster.

But Li Yuntang still understands the little emperor's desire to give his father a temple name. After all, the Great Han Dynasty followed the example of the Han Dynasty.

Those without a temple name will be moved out of the Taimiao Temple and into the Ancestral Temple (Zhou Temple) after a few generations. This process is called Qianzhang Temple.

The little emperor originally just wanted to test it out to see if he could win a temple title. Seeing that all the courtiers were against him, he couldn't act arbitrarily, so he had no choice but to give up this idea.

"Since that's the case, have you drafted a posthumous title?"

Zhang Mingche responded by raising the memorial, and replied loudly: "Through the day and night thinking of the Ministry of Rites, we finally reached an agreement, and hereby submit it to Your Majesty."

Li Yuntang on the side was very discerning, before the little emperor could send his envoy, he had already consciously descended the white marble steps, took the memorial and presented it back.

The little emperor took the memorandum, read it over and over again, and finally found the list of words he was looking for at the end of the article, and the most eye-catching four words were——

Posthumously Emperor Xian.

(End of this chapter)