Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1418 Poisoning the Supreme Emperor

A mournful bell rang from the Luoyang Drum Tower.

The bell hammer is specially wrapped in cowhide to make the sound of the bell even more muffled.

"It's death knell!"

In the political affairs hall, the prime ministers couldn't help but stop what they were doing and listened together.

The left minister Shangguanyi came to the right minister Laiji's public house, "Zihui Palace or Nangong?"

"People should be coming to the palace soon, and we'll know soon." Laiji's face was calm, it was already summer, and the emperor's health was getting worse and worse, like a candle in the wind, it might go out at any time.

On the other hand, Nangong, it is said that his health is getting better day by day, and even now he can walk without using a wheelchair.

Gao Fu, supervisor of Lintai, quickly rushed to the Zhengshitang in person, "The Emperor and Empress announce that all the prime ministers and ministers will meet at the Xuanzheng Hall."

Hearing this, Laiji and Shangguanyi looked at each other.

Since the Emperor and Empress announced it, it means that the death knell is not tolling for the emperor, and the most likely person who can enjoy the death knell is Nangong.

Sure enough, Gao Fu whispered, "The emperor of Nangong passed away."

He didn't mention the details, and the two prime ministers didn't ask, but they all knew that the Supreme Emperor had been in great safety during this period, and it was not easy to die suddenly at this time.

Gao Fu lowered his head, looking a little pale.

On the day of supporting the current succession, Gao Fu made a lot of effort. He was the adopted son of Gao Hu, the former Xuanhui envoy and internal servant, and was also entrusted by Gao Hu on that day. The Beimen camp assisted in controlling the imperial guards, but no one expected that Gao Fu would turn against him at a critical moment and lure the imperial guards into the palace.

Afterwards, someone said that Gao Fu was actually a member of the Zhenfu Division. In the early years, when Qin Lang was still in the Zhenfu Division, he personally recruited him, and secretly arranged to enter the palace. For more than 30 years, he started from the bottom step by step, and then became the eunuch Gao Hu's The confidant son played an important role at the most critical time and made great contributions to Qin Jun's support of the new emperor.

So for more than a year, Gao Fu has also won the trust of the new emperor, and soon became the No. 1 servant. In the newly rebuilt Xuanhui Yuan, he was also appointed as the supervisor of Lintai.

As the number one eunuch in charge of the internal servants, Gao Fu certainly knew the reason for the sudden death of the Supreme Emperor, and he was even involved in it.

He still still remembers how the Supreme Emperor was rolling on the couch with his stomach in his arms an hour ago.

The Supreme Emperor was dying of pain, his hair was disheveled, his face was extremely ferocious before he died, and he kept yelling and cursing, scolding Qin Lang, the emperor, the Qin family, and Gao Fu, the dog slave.

The Emperor Taishang knew that the medicine he took today was poisonous, and it was extremely poisonous.

It is a poison that will kill you if you eat it, and it doesn't give you any time. It is either poison or arsenic, gold flakes and the like.

After the Supreme Emperor stopped screaming and cursing, Gao Fu stepped forward to check himself. He checked his breath, checked his pupils, and felt his pulse. The wet paper was covered on the Taishanghuang's face, which was still bleeding from the orifice.

The wet paper was not removed until it was time for a cup of tea.

The Supreme Emperor is so dead that he can't die anymore, even if he wasn't completely dead just now, it's impossible to bring him back to life this time.

He called other people in the palace and asked the imperial doctor to announce the death of the Supreme Emperor, and then he returned to Luoyang Palace to return to his command.

If this errand was leaked out, it would not be enough for Gao Fu to die ten thousand times, but this errand was entrusted to him by the Emperor himself, so he could only grit his teeth and do it well.

Laiji and other prime ministers of the Zhengshitang rushed to the Xuanzheng Hall.

In front of the palace, I met the officials of Fengge, Luantai, Yutang, and Xiantai. Everyone nodded with serious expressions. The death knell is still ringing, and it will take [-] chimes, and it will ring all day today.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Li Zhao was still lying on the imperial couch, coughing constantly, surrounded by several imperial doctors.

The Empress Dowager Qin and Concubine Qin Taishu were two sisters, and her niece, Empress Qin, was also there, and the three-year-old Crown Prince Li Ye was standing next to the empress.

"Excuse me, gentlemen!"

The emperor saw a group of ministers coming in and tried to calm himself down, but the bright red on the handkerchief let everyone know that the emperor's time had come.

"Masters, the Taishang Huanglong controls Bintian, and is heading west!" The emperor said very calmly, without the slightest grief. At the last moment of his life, the young emperor finally hardened his heart and chose to send his father away. take away.

Send him away first.

Time was so urgent that he didn't even have time to make detailed plans. He had to let Gao Fu directly poison the Supreme Emperor with arsenic, but he didn't care about these people. Even if these people were exposed in the future, he would be responsible for them all.

He couldn't leave the crown prince who was only three years old with an overlord whose body was constantly recovering and getting stronger, that would be too dangerous.

"The Emperor Taishang reigned for 15 years, inherited the prosperity of Zhenguan left by the ancestors, pacified Goguryeo, destroyed Sanhan, conquered Xiqi, restrained Mohe, destroyed Pyuyue in the south, and abolished Western Turks. He opened up countless territories for our Tang Dynasty. In the inner world, the population of our Tang Dynasty exceeded [-] million in the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and Zhenguan Kaiyuan was prosperous, far surpassing the Qin and Han Dynasties."

"It's a pity that the Taishang Emperor is in poor health in his prime of life, and the inner Zen has abdicated. Although I have searched for famous doctors and medicines, I have no strength to recover..."

"Emperor Daxing's achievements have been shining through the ages, and his achievements have been glorious throughout the ages. In my Tang Dynasty, he is even a great emperor. I want to honor Emperor Daxing as Kaiyuan Shenwu Emperor and the temple name Shizu. What do you think?"

In the sound of the emperor's cough.

None of the ministers had the thought to find out why the Supreme Emperor died suddenly, what kind of illness was so urgent, whether there was a smell of medicine, or the negligence of the imperial physician.

On the contrary, everyone had the same thought in their minds. The Supreme Emperor finally passed away, which made everyone feel relieved, and there was always something to be uncomfortable.

The emperor himself drafted the posthumous name and temple name for his father, which is nothing. Although it is customary, the Taichang Temple first drafts the posthumous title and the temple name, and then the Minister discusses the posthumous title. Finally, it is discussed with the ministers of the political affairs hall, and finally reported to the emperor. .

Shizu.

The emperor actually chose a temple name with the word Zu for Li Yin.

Who is the most famous ancestor in history?
Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and even Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, were only Sejong.Cao Pi and Sima Yan are more famous in the rest of the ancestors.

Although the temple name Shizu is not well-known in history, this temple name has special significance, which means that although the emperor was not the founder of the dynasty, he opened up a new era of the dynasty, such as Han Shizu Liu Xiu.The Western Han Dynasty was replaced by Wang Mang, and then Liu Xiu established the Han Dynasty and continued the Han Dynasty, so he was honored as the ancestor.

Li Yin was the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Before him was the holy ancestor Li Shimin, and before him was the great ancestor Li Yuan.Li Yuan was the founder of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin was the great emperor who truly led the Tang Dynasty to unify the Central Plains, and even conquered the surrounding barbarians, making the Tang Dynasty strong.

Before that, there was Li Hu, the Taizu of the Tang Dynasty. Although he had never been an emperor, the title of the Tang Dynasty came from his title, so he was revered as the Taizu.

Therefore, there are already three ancestors in the Taimiao of the Tang Dynasty, and these are the ancestors who will last forever.

If Li Yin is revered as Tang Shizu, then he can stay in Taimiao forever and doesn't have to move out.

In terms of achievements, in fact, the prime ministers such as Lai Ji felt that Li Yin's temple name could be Taizong, Sejong, Gaozong, etc. After all, these are good temple names that connect the past and even carry forward the dynasty, and they are enough to match Li Yin. Yin.

Perhaps out of guilt towards his father, Li Zhao insisted on respecting Li Yin as his ancestor.

The emperor said one sentence and coughed three times, but it was still bloody.

The prime ministers couldn't argue with the emperor much, so they had to reluctantly agree to set the temple name of Shizu.

As for the posthumous title, Kaiyuan Shenwu Emperor, compared with Gaozu's Shenyao Dasheng Guangxiao Emperor, Shengzu's Shenwen Shengwu Mingxiao Emperor, is almost inferior, but Gaozu's early posthumous title of Dawu Emperor was added later by the dynasty, Li Shiminchu posthumous title He was also the Emperor Wen, later designated as the Emperor Wenwu Sheng, and later he was honored as the Emperor Wenwu Mingxiao.

However, in the posthumous title given to Li Yin by the emperor, the focus is on the word "Shenwu".

Wu not only shows the great martial arts of the Taishanghuang in his life, but also shows that the emperor's actions are biased towards martial arts, with a rough personality and headstrong conceit.

"Kaiyuan Shenwu Emperor Jingxiao, how about it?" Lai Ji added the word Jingxiao.

The emperor sat there coughing very hard, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

To say that the emperors of the Tang family ruled the country with filial piety is indeed something worthy of ridicule. Li Shimin forced Li Yuan to abdicate, and Li Yin brought Li Shimin's military talents and Xu Chongrong into his harem. As for Li Zhao himself, he can't be filial After all, even if he was not the mastermind of the palace change that day, he was involved in letting his father retreat to Shangyang Palace to ascend the throne afterwards, not to mention that he just sent Gao Fu to secretly poison the Supreme Emperor today.

Adding the word Jing Xiao at this time makes it even more ridiculous.

Is it really necessary to emphasize what is lacking?

"If the saint thinks it's inappropriate, you don't have to add it."

Li Zhao waved his hand, "In accordance with the right chancellor, the posthumous title will be Kaiyuan Shenwu Jingxiao Emperor. With the right chancellor as the envoy of the mountain mausoleum, I will immediately start preparing for the national funeral. I only have one request, to be solemn, but don't be extravagant and wasteful, Gao Zu The holy ancestors all left the ancestral precepts, if you want to have a thin burial, you can't have a thick burial."

"You shall not be buried with ministers, slaves, and horses, and horses, swords, armors, crossbows, and other national weapons shall not be buried in the ground. Wealth such as gold, silver, copper, pearls and jade should not be buried with you. It would be good to be buried with pottery figurines and pottery!"

No one objected.

When the funeral arrangements for Emperor Daxing were almost done, Li Zhao coughed for a while, and then talked about his younger brothers.

The Taishang Huang didn't have many sons, only more than 20 in total, a few died early, and then he killed a few by himself, and now there are still a dozen or so.

Among them, there are four compatriots born to Li Zhao's mother, three born to Concubine Shu, and seven other half-brothers.

At this time, when he mentioned these younger brothers, he mainly agreed with the prime ministers to entrust them all in front of the Queen Mother Qin, Concubine Qin Taishu and the Empress Prince.

"You choose a good fiefdom for my younger brothers, and I will give up the feudal domain to protect the imperial court."

Changing the titles of princes to the fourteen younger brothers and choosing lands is obviously to solve some hidden dangers and prevent these adult princes from threatening the young crown prince in the future.

Both the queen mother and sisters remained silent, expressing their tacit support.

Li Zhao had nine sons in total, the crown prince and the third son died early, and now there are seven sons alive, and the second son is now the crown prince, and there are six sons, the oldest is only four years old, and the youngest is not even a year old.

They are all granted titles and fiefdoms together with the younger brothers of the emperor, but they can wait until they are 16 years old and then go to the fiefdom.

As for the princes of Gaozu and Shengzu, there will be no adjustments for the time being.

"After the ancestor's funeral, the kings will officially leave the country of Beijing and become a vassal!" The emperor waved his hand.

(End of this chapter)