Master Archaeologist

Chapter 156 You are the Emperor Wen, right?

Zhao Hu, the grandson of Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue Wu, and the son of Zhao Zhongshi.

The second monarch of the Nanyue Kingdom, a vassal state in the Western Han Dynasty.

In 137 BC, Zhao Tuo died, and Zhao Zhen succeeded to the throne.In 122 BC, Zhao Zhen passed away and was given the posthumous title of King Wen.

The second monarch of the Nanyue Kingdom still left a lot of records in the history books.

However, these records are quite different from the inscription of "Emperor Wen" found in the tomb.

"Historical Records" records that in the sixth year of Jianyuan, Zou Ying, king of Minyue Kingdom, launched a war against Nanyue Kingdom and attacked the border towns of Nanyue Kingdom.

At that time, Zhao Tuo had just passed away, and Zhao Hu had just ascended the throne, and the people in South Vietnam were unstable.

In the face of this war, Zhao Hu chose to succumb to the central government and wrote a letter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Nanyue and Minyue are both vassals of the Han Dynasty. Resist, ask the emperor to issue an imperial edict."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who received the letter, was very satisfied with the cuteness of the Nanyue Kingdom.

Then troops were sent to rescue. Before the Han army had crossed Wuling, Yu Shan, the younger brother of Minyue King Zou Ying, rebelled, killed Zou Ying and surrendered to the Han Dynasty.

It is equivalent to an armed parade, and the enemy will be persuaded.

This can also show how strong the military strength of the Western Han Dynasty was during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

After Minyue was cowardly, facing the angel sent by the central government, Zhao Hu was also very quick. He kowtowed to the angel and said: "The emperor can raise troops to attack Minyue for my minister. Even if I die, I can't repay the emperor's kindness!"

Then he sent his son to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as a bodyguard for 12 years.

On the whole, during Zhao Hu's period, he was more obedient to the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty than during Zhao Tuo's period.

At Zhao Tuo's meeting, when Liu Bang was there, Zhao Tuo proclaimed himself emperor and used the emperor system.

Later, when Empress Lu came to power, Zhao Tuo went to the emperor's title again, and burned the [yellow house left flag (dào)] that the emperor could sit on.

When Emperor Wen came to the throne, Zhao Tuo felt that he could do it again. He went on the God of God again, traveled on the left flag of the yellow house, and regarded himself as the Son of Heaven.

Then Emperor Wen of Han sent someone to talk to Zhao Tuo.

He went to the emperor's title again.

Anyway, throughout Zhao Tuo's life, he has been proclaiming himself emperor, cutting the title of emperor, calling himself emperor, and cutting the title of emperor.

And he cut the emperor's name, and it was only for the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty to see.

In fact, in Nanyue Kingdom, he claimed to be the Son of Heaven and the Emperor from beginning to end.

It was only in the official exchanges of the Western Han Dynasty that he called himself the king of Nanyue.

But I didn't expect that it wasn't just Zhao Tuo.

Zhao Hu was also in Nanyue Kingdom, behind closed doors, he proclaimed himself emperor.

In all the official history books of the Western Han Dynasty, it is certain that the Nanyue state-owned emperor is not recognized, only the princes and kings who surrendered to the Western Han Dynasty.

"Made in Yuefu in the ninth year of Emperor Wen?"

"What does it mean?"

"When Zhao Hu was still alive, did you give yourself a posthumous title?"

Professor Li frowned, followed Chen Han's gaze, and looked at the words engraved on the copper hook.

"Sure enough, although the Nanyue Kingdom surrendered to the Central Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty, it still adheres to the system of the Qin Kingdom."

The posthumous title is generally agreed upon by the ministers and the new king after the king's death.

It is equivalent to building a coffin for the dead king.

This is the system of Zhou Li. From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, this set of posthumous title system was basically followed.

But in the middle, there is a period that is different.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he was at the peak of his life. He felt that he had the virtues of the three emperors and the merits of the five emperors, and then created the title of "emperor", which is unique to the son of heaven.

Later, Qin Shihuang felt that Zong Zhou's system of posthumous titles in which sons judged fathers and ministers judged monarchs was a treasonous thing.

How can sons and courtiers agree on posthumous titles for the emperor?

This stuff has to be decided by yourself.

That's why the special title of "Qin Shihuang" came into being.

According to Qin Shihuang's idea, the emperor of Qin has indeterminate posthumous titles, which are passed down from generation to generation according to the first emperor, second emperor, and third emperor.

However, Qin State II died, and the third son's son Ying only served as King Qin for a few months, and Qin State was gone.

Of course, this system did not continue.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang restored Zong Zhou's posthumous title system.

However, Zhao Tuo, who is far away in South Vietnam, has been influenced by the Qin State, so naturally he can't understand the behavior of discussing the father and ministers discussing the monarch.

But it is not good for him to be the same as Qin Shihuang, making such a statement about the first and second emperors. This is not telling the Western Han Dynasty that I have inherited the orthodoxy of the Qin Dynasty!
How can the officials of the Western Han Dynasty, who have set the tone of "overthrowing the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty", bear it?
Therefore, Zhao Tuo chose a compromise method.

The posthumous title system continues to be used, but it is not possible for sons to judge fathers and ministers to judge emperors, but I assign posthumous titles to myself.

When Zhao Tuo was alive, he called himself Nanyue Wudi, and later when he faced the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty, he cut down his title and became Nanyue Wuwang.

It seems that Zhao Hu also inherited this system.

After he ascended the throne, he set himself the posthumous title of "Wen".

The internal name is Nanyue Wendi, and the external name is Nanyue Wenwang.

Looking at the emperors and kings of the 3000-year history of China, only the Nanyue Kingdom will have a posthumous title and use it before his death.

This is also a very special thing.

At least Chen Han was in a strange mood when he saw the handwriting of "Made in Yuefu in the Ninth Year of Emperor Wen".

"However, from this point of view, we can be sure that this set of hooks should be made in South Vietnam."

"The bronze casting technique of Nanyue Kingdom looks quite good."

Kong Jianwen nodded, and said with a sigh: "Zhao Tuo's posthumous title of "Wu" is still reasonable. Although he is not as outstanding in martial arts as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he is definitely worthy of this posthumous title by conquering Lingnan."

"However, Zhao Hu has been in power for 14 years. He has been ill for a long time, has a weak temperament, and has made little achievements."

"Although he relied on his strength and the power of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he resisted the invasion of Minyue Kingdom."

"But during Zhao Tuo's time, Minyue was subject to the Nanyue Kingdom and was the younger brother of the Nanyue Kingdom."

"By the time of Zhao Hu, Minyue was out of the control of Nanyue and completely surrendered to the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty."

"So far, the Nanyue Kingdom has been completely isolated by the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty. It can be said that the final demise of the Nanyue Kingdom stems from this change during the Zhao Hu period."

"Such a monarch who has made no achievements internally and gradually brought the country to ruin externally, unexpectedly gave himself the posthumous title of "Wen"."

"This made Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, who created the rule of Wenjing, know that he didn't know what expression he should have."

"A posthumous title that was originally very tall, but after it was worn on Zhao Hu's head, it was actually belittled."

"Although, the posthumous title system where sons judge fathers and ministers judge emperors is indeed a bit rebellious in the centralized power period where the monarchy is supreme."

"But such a posthumous title system can at least guarantee the emperor's posthumous honor and not be messed up."

"From the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties to the Western Han Dynasty, the posthumous titles of every prince, king and emperor are still very accurate and practical."

"When you come to the Nanyue Kingdom, it's really a crown of monkeys, which makes people laugh."

　In this night of gunfire and pregnancy, I still stick to my job and never leave.

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　　Stand guard for yourself and check in for innocence
　　
　
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