Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 501 Temple Name, Posthumous Name and All Things

After ascending the throne, the new monarch enshrined the late emperor's coffin in the Taiji Hall.

Afterwards, Li Zhiyun and his ministers dealt with the late emperor's funeral affairs. First of all, he named the late emperor's temple Gaozu, posthumously named Wudi, and called Tang Gaozu Wudi.

The reason why it is not Taizu is because when the late emperor came to the throne that year, he believed that the Great Tang started from Taizu Jing Emperor Li Hu.

Therefore, entrepreneurship began with Li Hu.

According to the "Confucius' Family Language·Temple System", the rule of "the ancestors have meritorious deeds, and the ancestors have virtues", the temple is named Gaozu.The posthumous title of Emperor Wu is to praise the late emperor's achievements in unifying the world.

The official name is Tang Gaozu Wu Emperor, or Tang Wudi.

Before the Han Dynasty and before, every emperor would have a posthumous title, but not every emperor would have a temple title.

If there is a temple name, it means that the emperor must have made a great contribution.As for the posthumous title, it is to evaluate an emperor's life, so every emperor has a posthumous title, but not necessarily a temple title.

Therefore, in the former Han Dynasty, temple names were all compliments. When the new emperor asked to give the first emperor a temple name, the ministers might think twice, but now there is no need for this.

Because in history, after the Han Dynasty, temple names have begun to flood, but the emperor is still called "so-and-so emperor" in history books.

It wasn't until Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty that the posthumous titles were randomly added with a few characters, which made the posthumous titles stinky and long, and they began to switch to the temple titles.

In general, whether it is a temple name or a posthumous title, good or bad, it all depends on the intentions of the new emperor and ministers.

Being like Zulong is domineering enough, Lao Tzu is the first emperor, it's your turn to judge Lao Tzu?

Stay aside!
Li Zhiyun originally wanted to abolish Li Hu's Taizu temple name, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. Old Li likes to do this, so let him go.

After agreeing on the temple name and posthumous title, Li Zhiyun could already hear crying.

Walking to the Taiji Hall, he saw the late emperor's concubines and heirs all gathered in the Taiji Hall to mourn.In addition, there are Queen Wanshi, Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning, the clan, and ministers.

Li Zhiyun sighed softly, and immediately called the generals and deputy generals of the guards, and asked them to guard Chang'an strictly.

At this time, there can't be a little trouble.

Only after one night did the people of Chang'an know that the emperor Li Yuan had already made his fortune, and the crown prince Li Zhiyun had ascended the throne.

Chang'an was immersed in sadness for a moment.

Tai Chi Hall, side hall.

As the new emperor, Li Zhiyun has to endure grief, deal with state affairs, and cry for the soul, which can be done occasionally, but he doesn't have to be by his side day and night.

Yu Shiqian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, found Li Zhiyun and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor is sacred, and all people should avoid it. From then on, everything that involves your Majesty's name must be changed."

Li Zhiyun shook his head and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. I am the Son of Heaven, and all people are like my brothers and sisters. There is no reason to embarrass my brothers and sisters. Well, in the future, as long as the word Zhiyun is not used together, there is no need to shy away from it, and everything will remain the same."

The prime ministers who accompanied Li Zhiyun in dealing with state affairs were all surprised.Xinjun, you have a broad mind.

In fact, the emperors of the Han Dynasty did a good job of avoiding such things. They directly changed a rare word to make way for the people of the world.

Li Zhiyun is more straightforward, it is enough not to use the two words together.

Anyway, his name 'Zhiyun' is not a lot of words.Even, this is not a word.It's just using two words together, and it won't disturb the people much.

If someone really names 'Zhang Zhiyun' or 'Wang Zhiyun', then you are deliberately going against the emperor Li Zhiyun.

Otherwise, it would be no problem to name it 'Zhang Zhi', 'Zhang Yun', or even 'Li Zhi' or 'Li Yun'.

In history, Li Shimin saved trouble and did not change his name, which made the whole world make way for him.

But there is nothing to blame for this. There are many emperors who do not change their names, and there is no shortage of him.Li Zhiyun didn't change his name, mainly because he was used to it and was too lazy to change it.

Immediately afterwards, he said: "Afterwards, those who ascend the throne as kings may follow my current affairs or change their names, and shall not disturb the common people."

Yu Shiqian agreed: "I obey the order."

Subsequently, several prime ministers praised the emperor for his kindness and love for the people.

Yang Gongren asked: "The late emperor made great progress, when will Your Majesty plan to honor the queen mother, concubine, kings and princesses?"

Li Zhiyun said: "Wait a little longer."

"Yes."

"What about the enthronement ceremony?"

"We'll talk about it after the late emperor's burial." Li Zhiyun was not so urgent that he was about to formally ascend the throne.

Anyway, he has already controlled the court and the army, so there is no rush at this moment.

There are a lot of things going on now, Li Zhiyun decided to deal with the big things first, and then consider the canonization and enthronement ceremony.

Then, Li Zhiyun began to discuss with the Prime Ministers about the death of the late emperor.

It was mainly about the funeral. Li Zhiyun conveyed Li Yuan's meaning to several prime ministers. Generally speaking, everyone agreed that everything should be kept simple.

Ministers have different opinions on some matters.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the late emperor's concubines, regardless of whether they have any heirs, should go to the temple to practice, so as not to let them out of the palace and damage the virtue of the late emperor." Pei Ji said.

Li Zhiyun thought about it and agreed.

The woman whom the late emperor was lucky to have must be the late emperor's woman. If she is released to marry someone, wouldn't that be a hat for the late emperor?

"can."

Pei Ji said again: "However, since the late emperor had his destiny, the unlucky girl can be released from the palace."

"can."

Immediately, Pei Ju asked again: "Your Majesty, what is the appropriate scale for the abolished crown prince and Li Yuanji to move into the mausoleum of the late emperor?"

Needless to say, Qin Wang Li Shimin was built according to the specifications of the top king's tomb.But Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are both rebels, so it's not easy to decide.

Li Zhiyun thought for a while, then said: "How about this, posthumously bestow the deposed prince as the hidden prince, and Li Yuanji as the King of Jiaodong, according to the scale, slightly inferior to the Qin King Li Shimin. Their descendants, as well as the former emperor's former heroes, will all move into it."

"According to the order."

Li Zhiyun is not as knowledgeable as a dead person, even Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji have thought of killing him.

He is different from Li Shimin, he will not deliberately disgust people to death.Even if he can reconcile with his second sister-in-law Qin Se in the future and give birth to an heir, he will not adopt the child to Li Shimin.

Brother, don't thank me, I'm just doing what I should do.You also don't want to see your second sister-in-law losing weight all day long in her prime.

Let my younger brother take good care of the poor second sister-in-law on your behalf.

Thinking of this, the corners of Li Zhiyun's mouth curled up slightly.

The ministers immediately mentioned the burial schedule, the scale of the ceremony, and the number of soldiers guarding the tomb.

Until late at night, the late emperor still hadn't finished talking about what happened after his death.The ministers were worried about His Majesty's health, so they offered to go down and discuss everything, and then submit a document to Li Zhiyun for a decision.

Li Zhiyun readily accepted this.

After Zhongxiangguo left, Li Zhiyun summoned his servants and brought him vegetarian food, which took a while.

Standing up and coming to the main hall of Tai Chi Hall, Li Zhiyun slowly stepped forward and knelt beside his mother.The ladies Yang, Wei Gui, Huaiyang and others all knelt with Queen Wan.

Wan's face was haggard, seeing Li Zhiyun, he said: "Emperor, you have to deal with state affairs, as long as Ai's family is here, you can go back and rest."

"Mother, let the child accompany the late Emperor."

Seeing this, Wan sighed softly, and said: "Before the late emperor left, he asked Aijia to advise you to pay attention to your body. The late emperor once told Aijia that although you are young, your body must be heavy. Now you are no longer The crown prince, but the emperor, the rise and fall of all people in the world depends on you, you must take it seriously."

When Li Yuan was dying, Wan Shi was always by his side.

The Crown Princess, no, maybe it should be the Empress-to-be, Yang Shi, who also persuaded: "Your Majesty, please go back and rest first. There are ministers and concubines here, so there is no need to worry."

The death of the first emperor was just last night, and Li Zhiyun's enthronement ceremony was not held, let alone the canonization of queens, concubines, and princesses.

Therefore, even though the courtiers have changed their name to Empress Wan in private, the titles of the Crown Princess and others have not changed.

After all, Empress Wan is the emperor's biological mother, and it is inevitable that she will honor the title of empress dowager in the future, so it is no problem to change her mind.But the queen, as long as the emperor has not issued an order to confer the title, the ministers dare not change their words.

However, the courtiers all knew that this was only a matter of time.

(End of this chapter)