Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1052 Qi Zhongwu King
It's approaching the Dragon Boat Festival.

The festive atmosphere in Luoyang City is getting stronger, and merchants have become more and more shrewd in recent years to hype festival sales, and the yamen have announced early that this year's Dragon Boat Festival will have a small three-day holiday, and the government soldiers and forbidden soldiers on the Suwei Fan have also begun to go out. Festival rewards, the government officials also received holiday benefits early.

The city is full of joy.

After the meeting in the Zhongshu Province after the early court, Qin Lang went to work in the province. Wei Zheng was still not recovered, so he still presided over the affairs of the province. To be in charge of daily specific affairs, Qin Lang only needs to come around every day, listen to reports, and review signatures on important official documents.

He didn't hold power too much like Changsun Wuji, and he had to intervene in everything. His attitude of delegating power made Cui Gan and Chu Suiliang very happy.

As soon as I entered the provincial office, before my butt was hot, someone came from the palace.

The prince announced that he would come in immediately.

Looking at the time, it wasn't too early or too late. After the morning court, he had a meeting with Zhangsun Wuji in the Zhengshitang, and then returned to Zhongshu Province to deal with some official business. When he came back, it was almost noon.

It's time for lunch soon.

Follow the angel and rush to the East Palace.

The Son of Heaven is in Chang'an, the Crown Prince is in Luojian State, and the early courts, court discussions, and performances are all in the East Palace.

The eunuch came forward and played the report in a low voice.

"President Qin has arrived!"

When Chengqian heard about it, he immediately got up after the imperial case, and came to the front with a dragon stick to meet him.

At this time, the crown prince casually tied a black gauze head, a purple robe, with a serious expression on his face, "My condolences to Duke Wei!"

Qin Lang was baffled.

"Songzhou emergency report, the Taibao died of illness."

Qin Lang was stunned.

"The Taibao spent his whole life as a soldier and made countless contributions to the Tang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, he left in his prime."

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Qin Qiong died of illness, but there were actually early signs. In recent years, Qin Qiong's health has been bad, especially since last year, it was once very serious. The emperor even cut the dragon's beard and sent it to Songzhou to make medicine for Qin Qiong.

I don't know if the dragon's beard has played a role. Qin Qiong's condition has really eased a lot, and he can even ride a horse and shoot arrows during the New Year. Who knows that he has received the bad news now. Thinking about it now, it should have been a flashback at that time.

It is estimated that Qin Qiong himself knew it well, so when Li Shimin recruited Qin Qiong to join the court again years ago to participate in the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting, Qin Qiong did not return to Beijing Chaoji.

Cheng Qian supported Qin Lang.

"The Taibao is the pillar of my Tang Dynasty, and there is no holiday."

"I have ordered the Crown Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom to leave the court for five days as the Taibao. I will posthumously present the King of Qi County, the Governor of Youzhou, and the Grand Master. I will be given the posthumous title of Zhongwu. I will be honored with the Taimiao and buried with Zhaoling..."

"I have sent someone eight hundred miles to report to the saint in Chang'an!"

Chengqian was very generous to Qin Qiong's posthumous mourning, posthumously presenting Wang Jue, Grand Master, and Chief Governor. This treatment is the treatment of the queen's father after the posthumous treatment.

Datang gave Dugu Xin to the father of Li Yuan's mother, Empress Dowager Dugu, as a posthumous gift to King Liang, while to Dou Yi, the father of Li Yuanyuan and Empress Dowager Dou, it was a posthumous gift to King Qi.

These three were all posthumously presented with the title of king, that is, the title of prince, because their daughters made queens.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were also some kings with different surnames, all of whom were county kings, such as Yan Wang, Luo Yi, Wu Wang, Du Fuwei, etc. Actually, they were county kings, not kings, and there were also kings of Pengcheng and Beiping.

But these kings with different surnames are gone now, some were killed unjustly, and some were killed for rebellion. Anyway, after the unification of the world, there will be no kings with different surnames, only Li Tangzong's king.

Of course, there are still posthumous gifts. It is customary for the queen's father to posthumously present the prince.

Historically, the fathers of empresses in the Tang Dynasty basically received posthumous posthumous titles as princes. For example, Wei Xuanzhen, the father of Empress Wei of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, was named king of Shangluo at first, and then king of Feng, and the father of Empress Wu was posthumously named king of Taiyuan... ·

Qin Qiong was the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty and the emperor's old buddy, especially in the Zhenguan Dynasty. He had a high status and paid homage to the prime minister three times. It is Qin Qiong's son and also the prime minister, not to mention that the emperor just appointed Qin Qiong's daughter as the prince Liangdi to the prince.

Chengqian is already Qin Qiong's prospective son-in-law. Although they have to get married in two years, the marriage has already been decided.

All factors added together, Chengqian was extremely generous towards Qin Qiong's departure.

The posthumous title of Wang Jue is basically treating Qin Qiong as the future head of state, and Zhongwu's posthumous title is also quite high.

Take a look at the posthumous posthumous titles given by several deceased generals in the early Tang Dynasty and compare them. Yin Kaishan, who was included in the list of meritorious officials of Lingyan Pavilion by the emperor, was given to Sikong after his death.

Qu Tutong, another hero of Lingyan Pavilion, presented Zuo Pushe with the posthumous title of Zhong.

Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, posthumously presented Sikong with the posthumous title of Jing.

Du Ruhui posthumously presented Sikong with the posthumous title of Cheng, and Du Yan posthumously presented You Pushe with the posthumous title of Xiang.

The titles given by these top heroes are all the titles of Sangong, and the posthumous title is much worse than Qin Qiong's loyalty.

There are beauty and evil in posthumous titles, and there are levels of posthumous posthumous titles, and Zhongwu is undoubtedly the top one.

Of course, Chengqian's praise of Qin Qiong's posthumous posthumous gift was actually related to Qin Lang.Although Qin Qiong is close, but Qin Lang is still young and in power. After experiencing the previous turmoil, Cheng Qian is now reserved and considers things very differently from before.

In the past, his admiration for Qin Lang and later dissatisfaction were all directly on his face, but now he has regarded Qin Lang as an important ally to help. His help is indispensable, especially the help from Qin Lang at the critical moment last time, which made him understand that Qin Lang is very important.

To show the glory behind Qin Qiong's back, of course, to show it to Qin Lang.

Qin Lang was taken aback for a moment.

I have passed countless pictures of Qin Qiong in my mind. When I first came here, I was ignorant and impatient, and I wanted to participate in the Xuanwumen Incident. Although Qin Qiong disagreed in my heart, I have always defended him. Including the rest of the way, Qin Qiong is like a big tree Winged him.

Even for the sake of his official career, he was able to retreat bravely and voluntarily withdraw from the center of the court, so he was willing to pave the way for his son.

"Your Highness, I request to go to Songzhou to help the coffin back to Guanzhong."

Cheng Qian was reluctant to let Qin Lang leave Luoyang for Songzhou at this time, but after thinking about it, he finally nodded and agreed. Qin Lang proposed that if he stopped, Qin Lang would be dissatisfied, and he knew Qin Lang's temper.

So it's better to just make it happen.

"Gu also heard before that the Taibao made an agreement with General Cheng Chumo, General Luo Shixin, and General Pei Xingyan to be brothers in life and to be buried in Beimang together after death. It's just that the sage gave the Taibao a cemetery in Zhaoling as early as he died. To be buried in Zhaoling Mausoleum and to enjoy the Taimiao is the supreme honor of a subject, I hope Duke Wei understands."

Qin Qiong once hoped that he would be buried in Beiman Mountain after his death, and be buried with Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan and the others, and be brothers for life.

But Li Shimin said long ago that in the future, Qin Qiong will be buried with Zhaoling after his death, and he will be able to enjoy the Taimiao.

"The imperial court wanted to send troops to the Western Regions, but it had to rely on Duke Wei's central decision-making. Unexpectedly, this happened. Duke Wei is full of filial piety, and he can only understand. Go. If he hadn't been responsible for supervising the country alone, he would have gone to Songzhou to support the spirit and return together. .”

It is actually impossible for a prime minister like Qin Lang to go to Gaochang in the Western Region. After all, there are only four prime ministers left in the court, and more generals are sent to command the troops. However, Qin Lang Among the four assistant prime ministers, after all, Lang has rich experience in commanding troops and has won many great victories, so it is of course better to have him in the decision-making.

"About the Gaochang war, does Duke Wei have anything to say?"

"I believe that His Royal Highness and the princes can handle it well."

"Then please ask Wei Gong to recommend the commander of the Western Expedition, and leave a strategy for the Western Expedition." Cheng Qian was very sincere.

"Nachen recommended Hexi Xuanfu Jinglue envoy, Liangzhou Metropolitan Governor Shi Cheng Yaojin to be in command, Lanzhou Governor Xue Wanche, Lingzhou Governor Li Daozong as deputy commanders, and he transferred Ashinasheer, Qibi Heli and others to join the expedition. There is no need to mobilize too many soldiers and horses. It is enough to mobilize [-] to [-] elites from Zhenxi, Hexi, Qinghai, Longyou, and Shuofang, and then supplemented by Turkic, Qibi, Yanqi, Shule and other troops and horses to assist in the conquest , a battle can be settled.”

Although Gaochang is relatively strong in the Western Regions, compared with the Tang Dynasty, he is a dwarf in front of giants. Although the Western Regions guard the dangers, the Great Tang has already entered the Western Regions. The city-states also belonged to them early, and together with the Eastern Turks, Tiele and other tribes that the imperial court had previously placed in the Western Regions, it can be said that it is very easy to destroy Gaochang.

Gaochang is just a city-state, relying on the Silk Road trade, and claims to have dozens of cities. In fact, except for a few big cities, the rest are some big gathering places, which is equivalent to a village, with a total population of only a few hundred thousand. A small country with a maximum military force of tens of thousands, faced with a big country like Tang Dynasty that could deploy hundreds of thousands of troops at any time, if it dared to resist, it would be its own destruction.

Just send a general with more experience in the battle, and tens of thousands of people will be enough to destroy Gaochang, unless Gaochang can create an atmosphere of public opinion, can unite all the countries in the Western Regions, and even instigate the Western Turks to support him against the Great Tang, this is the possibility of confrontation.

Qin Lang was in no mood to talk any more, so he left the palace hastily.

After leaving the palace, go to the Duke of Qi's mansion to report the funeral.

After Cui heard the news of the funeral, she fainted from crying out of grief, which moved Qin Lang very much. He originally thought that the two had no feelings for each other.

The next step is to prepare for departure. Qin Qiong died in Songzhou, Jiannan, and he must help the spirit back, but because the arrangement for burial in Zhaoling has long been given, Qin Qiong's coffin cannot be carried back to his hometown Qizhou, nor can he be buried there. Beimanshan reunited with Luo Shixin and other old brothers.

However, after careful consideration, he decided to set up a mourning hall in Luoyang first, and after July [-], he would build a clothes tomb in Beimang Mountain, and even set up a clothes tomb in his hometown, Qizhou.

(End of this chapter)